Sestos, large denomination (bronze) (CN type 11970)
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Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 310-290 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thracelarge denomination (bronze) in bronze struck at Sestos in Thrace dated ca. 310-290 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 11970. Obverse: Female head, left, wearing earring and sphendone. Reverse: Naked Hermes with caduceus and chlamys, standing left.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- large denomination (bronze)
- Recorded diameter
- 19–21 mm (from 4 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 7.61 g (mean of 5 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Sestos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Female head, left, wearing earring and sphendone.
- Reverse type
- Naked Hermes with caduceus and chlamys, standing left.
- Reverse legend
- ΣΗ
Identification
- Period
- Hellenistic Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/11970
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 11970
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. 5, nr. 2, pl. 7-9
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 931
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 171, nr. 1641
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