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cn type 1887

Mint
Ainos 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 474/473-473/472 BC

Classical Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Head of Hermes, right, wearing petasus.
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Reverse
Legend
ΑΙΝΙΟΝ
Design
Transverse caduceus within incuse square.
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Metrology
Denomination
tetradrachm (triple siglos) 🔍  
Standard: Persian
Material
silver 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 26 mm / Min: 25 mm
Average Weight
15.58 g (3x)
Axes
9 (1x) 12 (1x)
Citation

May, Ainos, its History and Coinage, 474-341 B.C, London 1950 p. 19-23, nr. 1, pl. I  ❐

Strack and Münzer, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands. 2. Die Münzen der Thraker und der Städte Abdera, Ainos, Anchialos 1. Halbbd., Berlin 1912 p. 155, nr. 254  ❐

editions

cn.aenus.1_ed.1  🔍

Cite this record:

cn type 1887, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/1887 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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