Chersonesus Thracica, 1/4 Hekte — Quadripartite incuse square (CN type 20380)
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
c. 515–493 BC
Issuing entity
Thrace1/4 Hekte in silver struck at Chersonesus Thracica in Thrace, dated c. 515–493 BC. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 20380 (period: Archaic/Classical Period; issuing authority type: league).
Obverse: Lion's head, left, with open jaws and protruding tongue. Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square, divided by two crossed lines. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 0.47 g (from 1 recorded specimen). Published references cited by the corpus: van Alfen, Ambiguities in Monetary Authority: the Archaic Coinages of the Thracian Chersones 77, Berlin, p. 156, nr. 65.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 3
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 1
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Historical context
In antiquity, the Gallipoli Peninsula in East Thrace was known as the Thracian Chersonese, or Chersonesus Thracica. Positioned between the Aegean Sea and the Dardanelles strait, the territory was defended across its narrowest isthmus by the Long Wall. This silver 1/4 hekte was produced circa 515–493 BC during the Archaic to Classical period under the issuing authority of a regional league.
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
- 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/20380
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 20380
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Recorded
- 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 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