cn type 21201

Mint

Parion 🔍

Region: Mysia

Date

c. 350-320 BC

Classical/Hellenistic Period 🔍

Obverse

Legend

ΠΑΡΙ

Design

Bull standing left, head turned back.
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Symbol

eight-rayed star (position: above)

Reverse

Design

Gorgoneion.
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Metrology

Denomination

hemidrachm 🔍
Standard: Persian

Material

silver 🔍

Diameter

Max: 14 mm / Min: 13 mm

Average Weight

2.08 g (2x)

Axes

5 (1x) 6 (1x)

Public Commentary

For the chronology, see G. Le Rider, Deux trésors de monnaies grecques de la Propontide (1963) 53 f.; J. Youroukova, Les invasions macédoniennes en Thrace et les trouvailles monétaires, in: T. Hackens - R. Weiller (Hrsg.), Proceedings of the 9th International Congress of Numismatics (1982) 217 f. (c. 350-320 BC).

Citation

Schwabacher, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum : the Royal Collection of Coins and Medals, Copenhagen 1942 nr. 262 ❐

Cite this record:

cn type 21201, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/21201 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]