Thasos, bronze (CN type 12892)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
um 310 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceCoin type in bronze struck at Thasos in Thrace dated um 310 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 12892. Obverse: Veiled head of Demeter, right, wearing corn wreath. Reverse: Jugate heads of the Dioscuri, right, wearing caps surmounted by stars; all in vine wreath.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 21–25 mm (from 7 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 8.04 g (mean of 13 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Thasos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Veiled head of Demeter, right, wearing corn wreath.
- Reverse type
- Jugate heads of the Dioscuri, right, wearing caps surmounted by stars; all in vine wreath.
- Reverse legend
- ΘΑΣΙΟΝ
Identification
- Period
- Hellenistic Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/12892
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 12892
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. 345, pl. 34
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 83, nr. 363
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 188, nr. 40f., pl. 3
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 309, pic. 275
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution