Sestos, bronze (CN type 12799)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 150-100 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceCoin type in bronze struck at Sestos in Thrace dated ca. 150-100 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 12799. Obverse: Head of (youthful) Dionysos wearing ivy wreath, facing. Reverse: Thyrsos
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 13.2 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 2.09 g (mean of 1 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
- ΣΗΣ
Identification
- Period
- Hellenistic Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/12799
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 12799
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- 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 bibliographynr. 1657
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution