Sestos, middle denomination (Bronze) (CN type 12551)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
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 12551. Obverse: Head of Hermes, left, wearing petasus. Reverse: Lyre.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- middle denomination (Bronze)
- Recorded diameter
- 13–17 mm (from 11 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 3.61 g (mean of 13 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
- ΣΗ
Identification
- Period
- Hellenistic Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/12551
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 12551
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
- Documented
Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 6, nr. 16
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 936-937
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 173, nr. 1648
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution