Sestos, large denomination (bronze) (CN type 11905)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 200-100 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thracelarge denomination (bronze) in bronze struck at Sestos in Thrace dated ca. 200-100 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 11905. Obverse: Diademed female head, left. Reverse: Demeter seated left on basket, wearing kalathos and holding ears of corn.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- large denomination (bronze)
- Recorded diameter
- 18–20 mm (from 5 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 5.42 g (mean of 5 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Sestos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Diademed female head, left.
- Reverse type
- Demeter seated left on basket, wearing kalathos and holding ears of corn.
- Reverse legend
- ΣΗΣΤΙΑ
Identification
- Period
- Hellenistic Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/11905
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 11905
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Documented
- Issue or mint date
- Documented
- Material
- Documented
- Weight
- Documented
- Mint or printer
- Documented
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Documented
- Licensed photograph
- Research required
Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 6, nr. 13, pl. 1,28
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 270, nr. 6
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 199, nr. 12
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 172, nr. 1644
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