cn type 5949
cn type 5949-0
cn type 5949-1
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cn type 5949

Mint
Byzantion 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Date

c. 387/386-340/339 BC

Classical Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΒΥ
Design
Bull standing left on dolphin, raising right forehoof.
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Monogram
Monogram obverse (position: )
Symbol
B (position: below) monogram within wreath (position: at the bottom left)
Reverse
Design
Quadripartite incuse square with dotted ground.
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Metrology
Denomination
tetradrachm 🔍  
Standard: Chian
Material
silver 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 23 mm / Min: 21 mm
Average Weight
14.83 g (2x)
Citation

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Autonome Zeit, Berlin 1970 p. 119, nr. 710-711  (Rhodian standard.)  ❐

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. 79, nr. 1386 (Chian standard.)  ❐

editions

cn.byzantium.1_ed.38  🔍

Cite this record:

cn type 5949, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/5949 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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