cn type 2724
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cn type 2724

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Ainos 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 455/454-453/452 BC

Classical Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Head of Hermes, right, wearing petasus.
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Reverse
Legend
ΑΙΝΙ
Design
Goat standing right, in incuse square.
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Symbol
herm on throne to right (position: at the bottom right)
Type variations

1. Symbol on Reverse: on armrest of the throne goatfigure

2. Symbol on Reverse: caduceus besides throne

Metrology
Denomination
tetradrachm (triple siglos) 🔍  
Standard: Persian
Material
silver 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 28.5 mm / Min: 21.7 mm
Average Weight
16.15 g (25x)
Axes
1 (1x) 2 (1x) 3 (2x) 6 (1x) 8 (1x) 9 (4x)
Public Commentary

Of this type forgeries by Christodoulos are known, cf. Bulletin on Counterfeits 20.1, 1995, 2-7.

Citation

May, Ainos, its History and Coinage, 474-341 B.C, London 1950 p. 57-63, nr. 67-74, pl. II+III  (Symbol with kerykeion next to throne: Nos. 68.69.70.71.74; Symbol with a goat figure on the armrest: Nos. 67.72.73)  ❐

Strack and Münzer, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands. 2. Die Münzen der Thraker und der Städte Abdera, Ainos, Anchialos 1. Halbbd., Berlin 1912 p. 156-157, nr. 259-260  (caduceus: 259; goat: 260)  ❐

editions

cn.aenus.1_ed.24  🔍

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cn type 2724, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/2724 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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