Coin type n° 2322 (temporary) | |
HNO volume | Caria |
Region | Islands off Caria |
Mint | Karpathos |
Ruler | |
Date (from) | 500 |
Date (to) | 480 |
Obverse | Two large dolphins, one leaping left over one leaping right; below a smaller dolphin leaping right; all within a linear square and dotted square with the two upper corners with floral ornements with three petals |
Reverse | Square incuse divided into two rectangles by broad band |
Magistrate | |
Metal | Silver |
Standard | Milesian |
Denomination | Stater |
Weight min-max | 11.78 - 13.73 |
Weight average | 13.17 |
Diameter min-max | 20 - 20 |
Diameter average | 20 |
Type rarity | |
Type reference | Stefanaki 2015, Type II, Groupe B, 25-30 |
Specimens of this coin type | ||||||||
# | Collection | Publication | Diameter | Weight | Axis | Hoard | Notes | Image |
1 | Paris, FG 1152 | Stefanaki 2015, 27 (D6/R10) | 13.58 g | Available | ||||
2 | SNG von Aulock, 2743; Stefanaki 2015, 25 (D6/R8); NYS XXVII (2012, Prospero coll.), 553; NFA XVI (1985), 220; Leu 33 (1983), 391; 7 (1973), 237 | 20 mm | 13.57 g | Pictured | ||||
3 | London, 1895.1002.8 | BMC Caria, pl. XXIX, 14; Stefanaki 2015, 26 (D6/R9); Traité, 734, Kraay 1976, pl. 5, 102; Sotheby's, 23.05.1894 (R. Carfrae coll.), 268 | 13.73 g | |||||
4 | Dressel/Regling 1927, p. 130, n. 242, pl. V; Stefanaki 2015, 30 (D8/R11) | 11.78 g | Zagazig hoard (IGCH, 1645) | Test cut on reverse |