Hephaistia, bronze (CN type 20043)
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 20043. Obverse: Head of Dionysus, right, wearing ivy wreath. Reverse: Nude male figure standing right, holding torch.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 17 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 4.75 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Hephaistia
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Head of Dionysus, right, wearing ivy wreath.
- Reverse type
- Nude male figure standing right, holding torch.
- Reverse legend
- ΗΦΑΙ
Identification
- Period
- Hellenistic Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/20043
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 20043
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 bibliographyp. 60, nr. 287
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution