Samothrake, bronze (CN type 19444)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 168-150 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceCoin type in bronze struck at Samothrake in Thrace dated ca. 168-150 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 19444. Obverse: Helmeted and draped bust of Athena, left. 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
- 18–22 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 5.82 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Samothrake
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Helmeted and draped bust of Athena, left.
- Reverse type
- Cybele enthroned left, wearing a polos, holding patera in outstretched right hand and pelleted sceptre in left arm.
- Reverse legend
- ΣΑΜΟΘΡΑ ΘΕΩΝΔΟ
Identification
- Period
- Hellenistic Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/19444
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 19444
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. 993-1001
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution