Thasos, hekte (CN type 20759)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 404-355 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thracehekte in silver struck at Thasos in Thrace dated ca. 404-355 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 20759. Obverse: Two janiform heads of Silens. Reverse: Two volute craters within incuse square; right one inverted.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver
- Denomination
- hekte
- Recorded diameter
- 12.6–15 mm (from 8 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 1.57 g (mean of 17 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Thasos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Two janiform heads of Silens.
- Reverse type
- Two volute craters within incuse square; right one inverted.
- Reverse legend
- ΘΑΣΙ
Identification
- Period
- Classical Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/20759
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 20759
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. 305-306, nr. 270.4, pic. 270
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 155-156, nr. 11-12, pl. 40, pic. 11-14
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 81, nr. 348
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution