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cn type 5197

Coinage
 

Ruler: Adaios (Hellenistic king)  

Date

c. 275-250 BC

Hellenistic Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Head of Athena, right, wearing Corinthian helmet.
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Reverse
Legend
ΑΔΑΙΟΥ
Design
Owl standing right on spear head.
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Monogram
Monogram reverse (position: top left) Monogram reverse (position: at the bottom left)
Persons

Authority: Adaios 🔍  

Metrology
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 22 mm / Min: 18 mm
Average Weight
5.67 g (41x)
Axes
1 (2x) 2 (1x) 3 (1x) 4 (4x) 6 (3x) 7 (2x) 8 (2x) 9 (3x) 10 (1x) 11 (3x) 12 (3x)
Citation

Peter, Die Münzen der thrakischen Dynasten (5. - 3. Jahrhundert v. Chr.): Hintergründe ihrer Prägung, Berlin 1997 p. 236  ❐

Imhoof-Blumer, Monnaies grecques, Paris 1883 p. 113  ❐

Jurukova, Monetite na Trakijskite plemena i vladeteli, Sofia 1992 p. 269, nr. 118  ❐

Arslan et al., Antike Münzen von Thrakien und Moesien aus öffentlichen und privaten Sammlungen der Türkei, Berlin-Boston 2021 nr. 385, 528  ❐

Price, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum 9 The British Museum 1. The Black Sea, 1993 nr. 332  ❐

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cn type 5197, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/5197 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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