Thasos, 1/8 Hekte (CN type 20783)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 412-404 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace1/8 Hekte in silver struck at Thasos in Thrace dated ca. 412-404 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 20783. Obverse: Female head (Meanad?), left, wearing taenia. Reverse: Dolphin swimming left; all within incuse square.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver
- Denomination
- 1/8 Hekte
- Recorded diameter
- 7 mm (from 11 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 0.28 g (mean of 24 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Thasos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Female head (Meanad?), left, wearing taenia.
- Reverse type
- Dolphin swimming left; all within incuse square.
- Reverse legend
- ΘΑ(Σ)
Identification
- Period
- Classical Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/20783
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 20783
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. 270.7, pic. 270
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 1035
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 155-156, pl. 40, pic. 24
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographypl. 1, pic. 13
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 80, nr. 341
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution