Hephaistia, bronze (CN type 19915)
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 19915. Obverse: Head of Helios with radiate crown, right. Reverse: Nude Dionysus standing left, holding cantharus and thyrsus.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 13–17 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 3.08 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Hephaistia
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Head of Helios with radiate crown, right.
- Reverse type
- Nude Dionysus standing left, holding cantharus and thyrsus.
- Reverse legend
- ΗΦ
Identification
- Period
- Hellenistic Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/19915
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 19915
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. 984
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 61, nr. 285
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 61, nr. 12
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution