Hephaistia, bronze (CN type 12889)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 300-250 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceCoin type in bronze struck at Hephaistia in Thrace dated ca. 300-250 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 12889. Obverse: Head of Athena, left, wearing Corinthian helmet. Reverse: Caduceus, flanked by caps of the Dioscuri surmounted by stars.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 11–14 mm (from 4 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 2.13 g (mean of 3 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Hephaistia
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Head of Athena, left, wearing Corinthian helmet.
- Reverse type
- Caduceus, flanked by caps of the Dioscuri surmounted by stars.
- Reverse legend
- ΗΦΑΙ
Identification
- Period
- Hellenistic Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/12889
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 12889
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. 341, pl. 34
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 119, nr. 1277
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 61, nr. 294
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution