Samothrake, bronze (CN type 13153)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 168-80 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceCoin type in bronze struck at Samothrake in Thrace dated ca. 168-80 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 13153. Obverse: Head of Athena, right, wearing Corinthian helmet. Reverse: Cybele enthroned left, wearing a polos, holding patera in outstretched right hand and pelleted sceptre in left arm.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 16–19 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 3.21 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Samothrake
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Head of Athena, right, wearing Corinthian helmet.
- Reverse type
- Cybele enthroned left, wearing a polos, holding patera in outstretched right hand and pelleted sceptre in left arm.
- Reverse legend
- ΣΑΜΟ ΤΕΙΣΙΚ
Identification
- Period
- Hellenistic Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/13153
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 13153
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 bibliographyp. 74, nr. 321
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 1000
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution