Skepsis, tetradrachm (CN type 20885)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 85-70 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
Troastetradrachm in silver struck at Skepsis in Troas dated ca. 85-70 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 20885. Obverse: Laureate head of Zeus, right. Reverse: Zeus Idaios standing facing, head left, naked to waist, holding thunderbolt in lowered right hand, left resting on long sceptre; all within oak wreath.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver
- Denomination
- tetradrachm
- Recorded diameter
- 30 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 16.73 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Skepsis
- Region
- Troas
- Authority type
- City
- Weight standard
- Attic
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate head of Zeus, right.
- Reverse type
- Zeus Idaios standing facing, head left, naked to waist, holding thunderbolt in lowered right hand, left resting on long sceptre; all within oak wreath.
- Reverse legend
- ΣΚΗΨΙΩΝ / [Δ]ΙΟΣ ΙΔΑΙΟΥ // ΚΟΝΩΝΟΣ
Identification
- Period
- Hellenistic Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/20885
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 20885
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
- Research required
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
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