Samothrake, tetradrachm (CN type 19483)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 170-160 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thracetetradrachm in silver struck at Samothrake in Thrace dated ca. 170-160 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 19483. Obverse: Head of Athena, left, 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
- silver
- Denomination
- tetradrachm
- Recorded diameter
- 36 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 15.87 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Samothrake
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Weight standard
- reduced Attic
Design
- Obverse type
- Head of Athena, left, 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
- ΣΑΜΟΘ ΠΟΛΥΞΕΝΟΥ
Identification
- Period
- Hellenistic Period
- Recorded findspots
- Babylon
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/19483
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 19483
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. 273, pl. 1, pic. 7
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 73, nr. 314
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution