Thasos, 1/4 Hekte (CN type 20756)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 520-510 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace1/4 Hekte in silver struck at Thasos in Thrace dated ca. 520-510 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 20756. Obverse: Two dolphins swimming on top of each other in opposite directions. Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver
- Denomination
- 1/4 Hekte
- Recorded diameter
- 8–10 mm (from 16 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 0.5 g (mean of 32 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Thasos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Two dolphins swimming on top of each other in opposite directions.
- Reverse type
- Quadripartite incuse square.
Identification
- Period
- Archaic Period
- Recorded findspots
- Pazardžik (Пазарджик)
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/20756
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 20756
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. 303-304, nr. 268.5
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 1020-1021, pl. 20
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 79f., nr. 337
Research required
- Legends not transcribed in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution