cn type 648
cn type 648-0
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cn type 648

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Bisanthe 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 300-200 BC

Hellenistic Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Head of Athena, right, wearing Corinthian helmet.
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Reverse
Legend
ΒΙ(ΣΑΝ)
Design
Owl.
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Metrology
Denomination
Bisanthe: nominal B 🔍
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 15.5 mm / Min: 13 mm
Average Weight
2.74 g (10x)
Axes
11 (1x) 12 (1x)
Citation

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Bisanthe, Dikaia, Selymbria, Berlin 1975 p. 9-10, nr. 31-36, pl. 2  (Denomination B)  ❐

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. 68, nr. 1366  (Denomination C/D. This type dated 145-133 BC because of the appearance of the A and the stilistic similarities with Attalid and early Pergamon Provincial coinage.)  ❐

editions

cn.bisanthe.1_ed.4  🔍

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cn type 648, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/648 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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