Alopekonnesos, large denomination (bronze) (CN type 1993)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 400-300 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thracelarge denomination (bronze) in bronze struck at Alopekonnesos in Thrace dated ca. 400-300 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 1993. Obverse: Head of (youthful) Dionysus/of a maenad, right, wearing ivy wreath. Reverse: Cantharus.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- large denomination (bronze)
- Recorded diameter
- 20–21.1 mm (from 7 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 8.03 g (mean of 11 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Alopekonnesos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Head of (youthful) Dionysus/of a maenad, right, wearing ivy wreath.
- Reverse type
- Cantharus.
- Reverse legend
- ΑΛΩ
Identification
- Period
- Classical Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/1993
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 1993
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Documented
- 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. 4, nr. 8-26
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution