Sestos, small denomination (bronze) (CN type 11920)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 150-100 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thracesmall denomination (bronze) in bronze struck at Sestos in Thrace dated ca. 150-100 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 11920. Obverse: Head of Hermes, left, wearing petasus. Reverse: Lyre.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- small denomination (bronze)
- Recorded diameter
- 14 mm (from 3 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 1.53 g (mean of 4 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Sestos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Head of Hermes, left, wearing petasus.
- Reverse type
- Lyre.
- Reverse legend
- ΣΗΣ
Identification
- Period
- Hellenistic Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/11920
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 11920
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. 272, nr. 24
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 6, nr. 17
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 936-937
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 173, nr. 1655
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