Thasos, drachm (CN type 20900)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 180 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thracedrachm in silver struck at Thasos in Thrace dated ca. 180 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 20900. Obverse: Head of (youthful) Dionysus, right, wearing ivy wreath with berries. Reverse: Nude Heracles standing facing, head left, resting right hand on club, left hand on hip, holding lion skin in left arm.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver
- Denomination
- drachm
- Recorded diameter
- 18–20 mm (from 4 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 4.07 g (mean of 6 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Thasos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Weight standard
- reduced Attic
Design
- Obverse type
- Head of (youthful) Dionysus, right, wearing ivy wreath with berries.
- Reverse type
- Nude Heracles standing facing, head left, resting right hand on club, left hand on hip, holding lion skin in left arm.
- Reverse legend
- ΘΑΣΙΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Hellenistic Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/20900
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 20900
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. 59, nr. 1-5
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 83, nr. 361
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution