Hephaistia, bronze (CN type 19902)
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 19902. Obverse: Head of Hermes, left, wearing petasus. Reverse: Two owls facing one another.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 16–18 mm (from 4 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 3.21 g (mean of 4 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Hephaistia
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Head of Hermes, left, wearing petasus.
- Reverse type
- Two owls facing one another.
Identification
- Period
- Hellenistic Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/19902
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 19902
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. 985
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 280, nr. 6
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 61, nr. 13
Research required
- Legends not transcribed in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution