Hephaistia, bronze coin — Nude Dionysus standing left (CN type 19915)
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
c. 276/261–167 BC
Issuing entity
ThraceCoin in bronze struck at Hephaistia in Thrace, dated c. 276/261–167 BC. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 19915 (period: Hellenistic Period; issuing authority type: city).
Obverse: Head of Helios with radiate crown, right. Reverse: Nude Dionysus standing left, holding cantharus and thyrsus. Legend: ΗΦ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 3.08 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 13–17 mm (from 2 recorded specimens). Published references cited by the corpus: Schwabacher, Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. Copenhagen. The Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum. Part 7: Thrace 2: Odessus - Sestos. Islands. Kings and Dynasts 7, Copenhagen 1943, nr. 984; Hoover and Ashton, Handbook of Coins of the Islands: Adriatic, Ionian, Thracian, Aegean and Carpathian Seas (Excluding Crete and Cyprus): Sixth to First Centuries BC, Lancaster 2010, p. 61, nr. 285; Souchleris, Numismatic Testimonies for the City of Hephaistia, Lemnos. New Coin Finds from the Theatre Excavations, 2006, p. 61, nr. 12.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 4
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 3
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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
- How to identify
- Check the mint name or ethnic, the reverse type and the legend together, then compare weight and module; types from the same mint often differ only in legend arrangement, magistrate names or control marks.
- 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
- Recorded
- Material
- Recorded
- Weight
- Recorded
- Mint or printer
- Recorded
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Recorded
- Attached photograph (check rights)
- Recorded
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Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 984
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 61, nr. 285
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 61, nr. 12
Research required
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