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Æ10 - ...oroniko
| Issuer | Knidos |
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| Year | 250 BC - 210 BC |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Reverse description | Prow of a war galley (trireme or bireme) facing right, depicted in three-quarter perspective with oar banks and ram clearly visible. Above the prow, decorative acanthus or stern ornament is discernible. Below the prow, the partial Greek magistrate's or civic legend OPONIKO (partially preserved, reading [...ORONIKO]) is inscribed in the exergue, reflecting the name of a local official or civic authority. |
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| Mintage | ND (250 BC - 210 BC) |
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Knidos, the Carian city occupying a narrow peninsula at the southwestern tip of Asia Minor, maintained its own civic bronze coinage well into the Hellenistic period despite operating within an increasingly Rhodian-dominated commercial sphere. The magistrate's name partially preserved in the inscription — reading only "...oroniko" — is a common truncation problem with this small module, where the die face simply ran out of room or the flan was insufficiently spread during striking.
HN Online 2646 is sparsely documented, and die studies for Knidian civic bronzes of this period remain incomplete.