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cn type 315

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Selymbria 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 492/490-473/470 BC

Classical Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Cock standing left.
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Reverse
Legend
ΣΑΛΥ
Design
Quadripartite incuse square, within Ethnic.
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Metrology
Denomination
Obol 🔍  
Standard: Thraco-Macedonian
Material
silver 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 8 mm / Min: 7 mm
Average Weight
0.51 g (7x)
Public Commentary

Die Gewichte der Prägung von Selymbria lassen sich auch mit dem attischen und teilweise einem reduziert persischen Münzfuß in Einklang bringen.

Citation

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Bisanthe, Dikaia, Selymbria, Berlin 1975 p. 47, nr. 45-50, pl. 7  (ΣΑΛΥ?)  ❐

Literature

Hoover, Handbook of coins of Macedon and its neighbors. Part II: Thrace, Skythia, and Taurike: sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, Pa. London 2017 p. 166, nr. 1636 ❐

editions

cn.selymbria.1_ed.11  🔍

Cite this record:

cn type 315, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/315 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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