Sestos, middle denomination (Bronze) (CN type 11946)
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Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 150-100 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thracemiddle denomination (Bronze) in bronze struck at Sestos in Thrace dated ca. 150-100 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 11946. Obverse: Head of (youthful) Dionysos wearing ivy wreath, facing. Reverse: Thyrsos
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- middle denomination (Bronze)
- Recorded diameter
- 13.1–14 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 1.97 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Sestos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Head of (youthful) Dionysos wearing ivy wreath, facing.
- Reverse type
- Thyrsos
- Reverse legend
- ΣΗΣΤΙ
Identification
- Period
- Hellenistic Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/11946
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 11946
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. 7, nr. 22, pl. 1,35
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 174, nr. 1657
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 942-943
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 199, nr. 10
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