Thasos, Hemihekte (CN type 20889)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 404-355 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceHemihekte in silver struck at Thasos in Thrace dated ca. 404-355 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 20889. Obverse: Silenus kneeling left, holding cantharus in right hand. Reverse: Volute crater.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver
- Denomination
- Hemihekte
- Recorded diameter
- 10.7–12 mm (from 3 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 0.83 g (mean of 7 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Thasos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Silenus kneeling left, holding cantharus in right hand.
- Reverse type
- Volute crater.
- Reverse legend
- ΘΑΣΙΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Classical Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/20889
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 20889
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 bibliographypl. 40, pic. 15-16
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 81, nr. 351
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 306, nr. 270
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution