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munten (c. 290-240 BC)

Image of the obverse. AE 20 mm. Inventory number:RE-00482 Image of the reverse. AE 20 mm. Inventory number:RE-00482

AE 20 mm

Inventory number:RE-00482

Tags:

munten wettig betaalmiddel
Group
-
Current country
Greece
Status or function
dubbelslag (double strike)
Political unit
Greek states
Political state
Ionia
Authority
Chios, civic authority, magistrate Hegemon
Dating
c. 290-240 BC
Production site
Chios
Mint master
-
Designer
-
Countermark
-
Serie
-
Serial number
-
Catalogues
HGC 6 1151; SNG Cop. 1570; BMC p. 335 no. 60; Num. Chron. (1916) p. 309
Subject
-

Properties

Size, diameter/horizontal (mm)
20.2
Size, vertical (mm)
-
Material
copper alloy
Mass (gr)
3.56

Obverse

Image

sphinx seated, right, grain ear to right

Text

-

Reverse

Image

amphora, symbol left, magistrate name

Text

ΗΓΕΜΩΝ ΧΙΟΣ

See also

munten (c. 300 BC)

Description
AE 17 mm Inventory number: RE-00466
Classification
wettig betaalmiddel
Political state
Ionia
Authority
Samos, civic authority, magistrate Glysios
Image of the obverse. munten (c. 300 BC)

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