Ainos, diobol (quarter siglos) (CN type 1895)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 469/468-464/463 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thracediobol (quarter siglos) in silver struck at Ainos in Thrace dated ca. 469/468-464/463 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 1895. Obverse: Head of Hermes, right, wearing petasus. Reverse: Transverse caduceus within incuse square.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver
- Denomination
- diobol (quarter siglos)
- Recorded diameter
- 10 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 1.15 g (mean of 3 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Ainos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Weight standard
- Persian
Design
- Obverse type
- Head of Hermes, right, wearing petasus.
- Reverse type
- Transverse caduceus within incuse square.
- Reverse legend
- ΑΙΝΙ
Identification
- Period
- Classical Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/1895
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 1895
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Documented
- 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. 34-36, nr. 22-25, pl. VII
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 156, nr. 258
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution