Samothrake, Diobol (CN type 19571)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 500-475 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceDiobol in silver struck at Samothrake in Thrace dated ca. 500-475 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 19571. Obverse: Sphinx crouching left, raising right forepaw. Reverse: Bearded male head (Cabeirus?), left, wearing pilos helmet, within dotted square border; within incuse square.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver
- Denomination
- Diobol
- Recorded mean weight
- 1.24 g (mean of 1 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
- Bearded male head (Cabeirus?), left, wearing pilos helmet, within dotted square border; within incuse square.
Identification
- Period
- Archaic Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/19571
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 19571
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. 71, nr. 305
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 111, nr. 3, pl. 11
Research required
- Diameter not recorded in the source corpus
- Legends not transcribed in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution