Skepsis, bronze (CN type 19666)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 200-75 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
TroasCoin type in bronze struck at Skepsis in Troas dated ca. 200-75 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 19666. Obverse: Horned head of Dionysos, facing, wearing kalathos and ivy wreath. Reverse: Eagle with spread wings standing on base, right; all within oak-wreath.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 20–22 mm (from 4 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 5.57 g (mean of 4 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Skepsis
- Region
- Troas
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Horned head of Dionysos, facing, wearing kalathos and ivy wreath.
- Reverse type
- Eagle with spread wings standing on base, right; all within oak-wreath.
- Reverse legend
- ΣΚΗ
Identification
- Period
- Hellenistic Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/19666
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 19666
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 bibliographynr. 488, pl. 11, pic. 488
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 83, nr. 25, pl. XV, pic. 13
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 1210, pl. XLVI, pic. 1210
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution