Hephaistia, bronze (CN type 19912)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 276/261-167 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceCoin type in bronze struck at Hephaistia in Thrace dated ca. 276/261-167 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 19912. Obverse: Head of Helios with radiate crown, right. Reverse: Bunch of grapes hanging from thyrsos.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 13–16 mm (from 5 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 2.72 g (mean of 7 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Hephaistia
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Head of Helios with radiate crown, right.
- Reverse type
- Bunch of grapes hanging from thyrsos.
- Reverse legend
- ΗΦΑΙ
Identification
- Period
- Hellenistic Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/19912
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 19912
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. 983
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 61, nr. 288
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 2487
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 128, nr. 2365
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 61, nr. 11
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution