Samothrake, hemidrachm (triobol) (CN type 19394)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 500-475 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thracehemidrachm (triobol) in silver struck at Samothrake in Thrace dated ca. 500-475 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 19394. Obverse: Sphinx crouching left, raising right forepaw. Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square with dotted ground.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver
- Denomination
- hemidrachm (triobol)
- Recorded diameter
- 13–14 mm (from 3 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 1.96 g (mean of 5 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Samothrake
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Weight standard
- Euboic /Attic
Design
- Obverse type
- Sphinx crouching left, raising right forepaw.
- Reverse type
- Quadripartite incuse square with dotted ground.
Identification
- Period
- Archaic Period
- Recorded findspots
- Samothrake
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/19394
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 19394
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. 110, nr. 2
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 71, nr. 303
Research required
- Legends not transcribed in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution