Samothrake, bronze (CN type 12891)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
2.-frühes 1. Jh. v. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceCoin type in bronze struck at Samothrake in Thrace dated 2.-frühes 1. Jh. v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 12891. Obverse: Draped bust of Athena to right, with helmet. Reverse: Forpart of a ram, to right.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 13 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 2.89 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Samothrake
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Draped bust of Athena to right, with helmet.
- Reverse type
- Forpart of a ram, to right.
- Reverse legend
- ΣΑΜ ΜΗΤΡΩΝΟΣ
Identification
- Period
- Hellenistic Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/12891
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 12891
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
- 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