Samothrake, tetradrachm (CN type 19760)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 200 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thracetetradrachm in silver struck at Samothrake in Thrace dated ca. 200 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 19760. Obverse: Head of (youthful) Heracles, right, wearing lion skin. Reverse: Zeus (Aëtophoros) enthroned left, holding eagle and sceptre.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver
- Denomination
- tetradrachm
- Recorded diameter
- 34 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 16.99 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Samothrake
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Weight standard
- Attic
Design
- Obverse type
- Head of (youthful) Heracles, right, wearing lion skin.
- Reverse type
- Zeus (Aëtophoros) enthroned left, holding eagle and sceptre.
- Reverse legend
- ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
Identification
- Period
- Hellenistic Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/19760
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 19760
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. 50, nr. 259
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 153, nr. 662
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution