Kypsela, bronze (CN type 12896)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 400-350 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceCoin type in bronze struck at Kypsela in Thrace dated ca. 400-350 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 12896. Obverse: Head of Hermes, right, wearing petasus. Reverse: Cotyle.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 11.5–13 mm (from 3 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 1.77 g (mean of 3 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Kypsela
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Head of Hermes, right, wearing petasus.
- Reverse type
- Cotyle.
- Reverse legend
- Κ-Υ/Ψ-Ε
Identification
- Period
- Classical Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/12896
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 12896
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. 532 Var.
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution