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cn type 12946

Mint

Samothrake 🔍

Region: Thrace

Typology

Date

c. 168-80 BC

Hellenistic Period 🔍

Obverse

Design

Head of Athena, right, wearing Corinthian helmet.
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Reverse

Legend

ΣΑΜΟ ΜΕΝΕ

Design

Head of ram, left.
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Symbol

caduceus (position: on the left)

Persons

Magistrate: Mene... 🔍

Metrology

Material

bronze 🔍

Diameter

Max: 12 mm / Min: 10.9 mm

Average Weight

1.14 g (4x)

Axes

3 (2x) 9 (1x) 12 (1x)

Literature

Hoover and Ashton, Handbook of Coins of the Islands: Adriatic, Ionian, Thracian, Aegean and Carpathian Seas (Excluding Crete and Cyprus): Sixth to First Centuries BC, Lancaster 2010 p. 75, nr. 324 (Denomination D, 2nd-early 1st cent. BC) ❐

Schwabacher, Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. Copenhagen. The Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum. Part 7: Thrace 2: Odessus - Sestos. Islands. Kings and Dynasts 7, Copenhagen 1943 nr. 1005 ❐

editions

cn.samothrace.1_ed.59 🔍

Cite this record:

cn type 12946, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/12946 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]