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Æ12
| Issuer | Kranaos |
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| Year | 300 BC - 280 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Reverse description | A pendant bunch of grapes depicted in the center of the field, rendered as a cluster of pellets representing individual fruit. To the lower left, a crayfish (astakos) is shown in profile, serving as a civic badge or secondary type. The ethnic inscription KPAN appears to the right, written in Greek characters, identifying the issuing city of Kranaos. |
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| Mintage | ND (300 BC - 280 BC) |
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Kranaos was a minor civic authority in Karia whose bronze output is poorly documented in ancient sources — the attribution itself rests almost entirely on numismatic evidence rather than literary or epigraphic confirmation. The reference cluster spanning Karia, Kayhan, and Klein reflects decades of specialist debate over assignment, with HN Online 733 representing the current working consensus rather than a settled conclusion.