Thasos, bronze (CN type 20902)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 120-80 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceCoin type in bronze struck at Thasos in Thrace dated ca. 120-80 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 20902. Obverse: Head of bearded Heracles, left. Reverse: cornucopia
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 13–14 mm (from 3 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 1.97 g (mean of 10 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Thasos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Head of bearded Heracles, left.
- Reverse type
- cornucopia
- Reverse legend
- ΘΑϹΙΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Hellenistic Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/20902
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 20902
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- 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. 85, nr. 376
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 312, pic. 282
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution