 
Kainon 360-340 BC AE AE20 6.6 g 1.97 cm 1.97 cm
obverse: griffin flying l
reverse: horse prancing l KAINON in exergue
Calciati CNS I 1-19, Hoover HCS 509
Munthandel G. Henzen list September 1993 5 vw 243, 39 euro
C Common. In the past often attributed to Alaisa.
Calciati CNS I p249-258 1-25 (all varieties)
1 griffin running l, wings spread; exergue-line cord-shaped. Good style / horse prancing l, loose reins. In exergue KAINON
2 coarser style
3 smaller griffin / smaller horse
4 / horse-tail is plume-shaped
5 / horse’s ears are pronounced
6 OS
7 CT
8 griffin’s body prolonged downwards /
grasshopper below / star of 8 rays above
9 exergue line /
10 /
11 / horse stylized (coinage often imperfect with large fractures)
12 CT / (thick flan with pronounced tangs)
13 / large star, horse’s body and tail pronounced
14 scarse engraving poor final appearance. Normally restruck
15 CT
16 CT forepart griffin always off flan
17 OS
18 OS
19 OS
/ horse r with griffin-like hd
20 / no reins
21 /
22 OS /
23 OS griffin r /
24 OS-CM griffin l Countermark below (hippocamp?) /
25 BI Barbarous copy Pegasus l / griffin l
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