cn type 12951

Ruler  ❐

Ruler: Adaios (Hellenistic king) ❐

Date

c. 275-250 BC
Hellenistic Period  🔍

Obverse

Design

Head of bearded Heracles, right, wearing lion skin.

Reverse

Legend

ΑΔΑΙΟΥ

Design

Club, right.

Monogram

(position: top left)
(position: at the bottom left)

Persons

Authority

Adaios 🔍 ❐

Metrology

Material

bronze  🔍 ❐

Diameter

Max: 21 mm / Min: 15 mm

Average Weight

5.29 g (73x)

Axes

1 (2x) 2 (2x) 3 (2x) 4 (3x) 6 (7x) 7 (4x) 8 (3x) 9 (6x) 10 (3x) 11 (4x) 12 (5x)

Citation

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. 1183 ❐

Arslan et al., Antike Münzen von Thrakien und Moesien aus öffentlichen und privaten Sammlungen der Türkei, Berlin-Boston 2021 nr. 907, 1277, 1415 ❐

Evelpidis, Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. Grèce Collection Rèna A. Evelpidis. Athènes, Louvain 1970 nr. 1457 ❐

Lindgren, Ancient Greek bronze coins: European mints from the Lindgren collection, San Mateo Calif 1989 p. 63, nr. 1335, pl. 63 ❐

Price, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum 9 The British Museum 1. The Black Sea, 1993 nr. 329-330 ❐

Topalov, Contributions to the study of the coinage and history in the lands of Eastern Thrace from the end of the 4th c. BC to the end of the 3rd c. BC, [Sofia] 2001 p. 184, nr. 3.3, pic. 3.3 ❐

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cn type 12951, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/12951 [Last downloaded: 2023/01/27]

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