cn type 5978
cn type 5978-0
cn type 5978-1
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cn type 5978

Mint
Byzantion 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Date

c. 387/386-340/339 BC

Classical Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΥΒ
Design
Forepart of a bull standing right on dolphin, raising left forehoof.
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Reverse
Design
Ornated trident head.
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Metrology
Denomination
hemidrachm 🔍  
Standard: Chian
Material
silver 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 12 mm / Min: 10 mm
Average Weight
1.73 g (7x)
Axes
11 (1x)
Citation

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Autonome Zeit, Berlin 1970 p. 122, nr. 755-763, pl. 33  (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. 80, nr. 1388 (Chian standard.)  ❐

editions

cn.byzantium.1_ed.69  🔍

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cn type 5978, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/5978 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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