Thasos, drachm (CN type 20787)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca.404-355 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thracedrachm in silver struck at Thasos in Thrace dated ca.404-355 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 20787. Obverse: Head of bearded Dionysus, left, wearing ivy wreath. Reverse: Heracles kneeling right, wearing lion skin, drawing bow; all within linear square.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver
- Denomination
- drachm
- Recorded diameter
- 15 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 3.78 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Thasos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Weight standard
- Chian
Design
- Obverse type
- Head of bearded Dionysus, left, wearing ivy wreath.
- Reverse type
- Heracles kneeling right, wearing lion skin, drawing bow; all within linear square.
- Reverse legend
- ΘΑΣΙΟΝ
Identification
- Period
- Classical Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/20787
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 20787
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. 80, nr. 343-346
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 1023-1026
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 307, pl. 271.7
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution