Chersonesus Thracica, 1/4 Hekte (CN type 20380)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 515-493 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace1/4 Hekte in silver struck at Chersonesus Thracica in Thrace dated ca. 515-493 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 20380. Obverse: Lion's head, left, with open jaws and protruding tongue. Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square, divided by two crossed lines.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver
- Denomination
- 1/4 Hekte
- Recorded mean weight
- 0.47 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Chersonesus Thracica
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- League
Design
- Obverse type
- Lion's head, left, with open jaws and protruding tongue.
- Reverse type
- Quadripartite incuse square, divided by two crossed lines.
Identification
- Period
- Archaic/Classical Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/20380
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 20380
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. 156, nr. 65
Research required
- Diameter not recorded in the source corpus
- Legends not transcribed in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution