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cn type 6156

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Byzantion 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Date

3. c. BC

Hellenistic Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Veiled head of Demeter, right, wearing corn wreath.
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Reverse
Legend
ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙ ΕΠΙ ΜΕΝΕΚΡ
Design
Cornucopia.
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Persons

Magistrate: Menekr... 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
Byzantium: Demeter/cornucopia-series 🔍
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 28 mm / Min: 24.5 mm
Average Weight
9.10 g (11x)
Axes
2 (1x) 12 (5x)
Public Commentary

Some coins of this type could have different symbols or monograms on the reverse, which could identify new types.

Citation

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Autonome Zeit, Berlin 1970 p. 142-143, nr. 1167-1178, pl. 54-55  ❐

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. 87, nr. 1414  (Denomination A/B, 3rd c. BC)  ❐

editions

cn.byzantium.1_ed.79  🔍

Cite this record:

cn type 6156, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/6156 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/21]

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