Hephaistia, bronze (CN type 19901)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 280-190 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceCoin type in bronze struck at Hephaistia in Thrace dated ca. 280-190 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 19901. Obverse: Head of (youthful) Dionysus, right, wearing ivy wreath. Reverse: Cornucopia.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 9–12 mm (from 3 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 1.54 g (mean of 3 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Hephaistia
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Head of (youthful) Dionysus, right, wearing ivy wreath.
- Reverse type
- Cornucopia.
- Reverse legend
- ΗΦ
Identification
- Period
- Hellenistic Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/19901
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 19901
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 bibliographyp. 61, nr. 8
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 119, nr. 1279
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution