Sestos, small denomination (bronze) (CN type 12600)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
300 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thracesmall denomination (bronze) in bronze struck at Sestos in Thrace dated 300 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 12600. Obverse: Female head, right. Reverse: Herm, facing.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- small denomination (bronze)
- Recorded diameter
- 7–9 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 0.67 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Sestos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Female head, right.
- Reverse type
- Herm, facing.
- Reverse legend
- ΣΗΣ
Identification
- Period
- Hellenistic Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/12600
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 12600
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
- Research required
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution