Skepsis, bronze (CN type 19694)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
169-235 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
TroasCoin type in bronze struck at Skepsis in Troas dated 169-235 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 19694. Obverse: Draped bearded bust of Dionysus, right, wearing ivy wreath and kalathos; holding kantharos in his right hand. Reverse: Horseman galopping right, brandishing spear.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 17.2 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 2.22 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Skepsis
- Region
- Troas
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Draped bearded bust of Dionysus, right, wearing ivy wreath and kalathos; holding kantharos in his right hand.
- Reverse type
- Horseman galopping right, brandishing spear.
- Obverse legend
- ϹΚΗΨΙΩΝ
- Reverse legend
- ϹΚΗΨΙΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/19694
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 19694
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
- Research required
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution