Thasos, 1/8 Hekte (CN type 20757)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 520-510 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace1/8 Hekte in silver struck at Thasos in Thrace dated ca. 520-510 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 20757. Obverse: Dolphin swimming right. Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver
- Denomination
- 1/8 Hekte
- Recorded diameter
- 7.8–8 mm (from 6 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 0.34 g (mean of 18 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Thasos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Dolphin swimming right.
- Reverse type
- Quadripartite incuse square.
Identification
- Period
- Archaic Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/20757
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 20757
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. 268.6
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 80, nr. 339
Research required
- Legends not transcribed in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution