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cn type 1908

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Ainos 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 458/457-455/454 BC

Classical Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Head of Hermes, right, wearing petasus.
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Reverse
Legend
ΑΙ
Design
Caduceus; within incuse square.
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Symbol
crescent (position: above)
Metrology
Denomination
diobol (quarter siglos) 🔍  
Standard: Persian
Material
silver 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 11 mm / Min: 10 mm
Average Weight
1.21 g (5x)
Axes
3 (1x) 9 (1x)
Citation

May, Ainos, its History and Coinage, 474-341 B.C, London 1950 p. 54-57, nr. 58-66  ❐

Strack and Münzer, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands. 2. Die Münzen der Thraker und der Städte Abdera, Ainos, Anchialos 1. Halbbd., Berlin 1912 p. 156, nr. 256  ❐

editions

cn.aenus.1_ed.21  🔍

Cite this record:

cn type 1908, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/1908 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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