Cnidus

Mints

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 264

The mint at the ancient site of Cnidus in Caria.

Die Studies

Item	Image	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	WeightCarter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum)
Cnidus, silver, hemidrachms (head of lion/Aphrodite) (520-495 BCE)		Silver	198 kg
Cnidus, silver, drachms (head of lion/Aphrodite) (500-490 BCE)		Silver	2,037 kg
Cnidus, silver, trihemiobols (head of lion/Aphrodite) (500-490 BCE)		Silver	363 kg
Cnidus, silver, hemiobols (head of lion/Aphrodite) (500-490BCE)		Silver	13 kg
Cnidus, silver, drachms (head of lion/Aphrodite) (490-465 BCE)		Silver	706 kg
Cnidus, silver, obols (head of lion/Aphrodite) (490-465 BCE)		Silver	29 kg
Cnidus, silver, drachms (lion/Aphrodite) (465-449 BCE)		Silver	467 kg
Cnidus, silver, drachms (lion/Aphrodite) (449-411 BCE)		Silver	871 kg
Cnidus, silver, drachms (lion/Aphrodite) (411-394 BCE)		Silver	1,670 kg
Cnidus, silver, obols (lion/Aphrodite) (411-394 BCE)		Silver	168 kg
Cnidus, silver, hemiobols (lion/Aphrodite) (411-394 BCE)		Silver	1,412 kg
Cnidus, silver, double sigloi ΣYN (Heracliscus/Aphrodite) (405 BCE) Delrieux		Silver	1,024 kg
Cnidus, silver, tetradrachms (Aphrodite/lion) (395-380 BCE) Ashton		Silver	4,247 kg
Cnidus, silver, didrachms (Aphrodite/head of lion) (390-350 BCE)		Silver	2,032 kg
Cnidus, silver, tetradrachms (Aphrodite/lion) (360-340 BCE)		Silver	3,793 kg
Cnidus, silver, drachms (Aphrodite/lion) (355-330 BCE)		Silver	4,093 kg
Cnidus, silver, tetradrachms (330-300 BCE)		Silver	4,163 kg

Overstriking coins

Item	Overstriking coinImage of the overstriking coin	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.	Overstruck typeImage of the overstruck variety
26858 - Cnidus (drachm forepart of lion/Aphrodite) over Cnidus (forepart of lion/Aphrodite) (Triton, VI, Jan. 2003, 414)		Silver	465 BC JL

Overstruck coins

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Description

Nomisma IDNomisma ID	cnidus
Definition:	The mint at the ancient site of Cnidus in Caria.
Pleiades IDUnique ID of the Pleiades place resource	599576
Ancient regionAncient region.	Caria Nomisma: caria
Modern countryModern country	Turkey
CoordinatesGeographical coorindates	36.690171° N, 27.371637° E
Links	http://dbpedia.org/resource/Knidos https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/599575 http://sws.geonames.org/305891/ http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/place/x31073 http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/5003757

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Literature

• Ashton - Kinns - Konuk - Meadows 2002
• Ashton 1999
• Cahn 1970
• Delrieux 2000

Authors

• Richard Ashton
• Herbert A. Cahn
• Fabrice Delrieux