Samothrake, Alexander der Große, tetradrachm (CN type 20091)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 200 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thracetetradrachm in silver struck at Samothrake in Thrace under Alexander der Große dated ca. 200 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 20091. Obverse: Head of (youthful) Heracles, right, wearing lion skin. Reverse: Zeus (Aëtophoros) enthroned left, holding eagle and sceptre.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver
- Denomination
- tetradrachm
- Recorded mean weight
- 17.18 g (mean of 3 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Samothrake
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Weight standard
- Attic
- Issuing authority
- Alexander der Große
Design
- Obverse type
- Head of (youthful) Heracles, right, wearing lion skin.
- Reverse type
- Zeus (Aëtophoros) enthroned left, holding eagle and sceptre.
- Reverse legend
- ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
Identification
- Period
- Hellenistic Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/20091
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 20091
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. 153, nr. 662-663
Research required
- Diameter not recorded in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution