Thasos, tetradrachm (CN type 20912)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 148-80 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thracetetradrachm in silver struck at Thasos in Thrace dated ca. 148-80 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 20912. Obverse: Head of (youthful) Dionysus, right, wearing taenia and ivy wreath with five leaves and two fruits. Hair dress rolled in the back and with two curls falling on his back. 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
- tetradrachm
- Recorded diameter
- 30–36 mm (from 24 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 16.55 g (mean of 55 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Thasos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Weight standard
- Attic
Design
- Obverse type
- Head of (youthful) Dionysus, right, wearing taenia and ivy wreath with five leaves and two fruits. Hair dress rolled in the back and with two curls falling on his back.
- 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
- ΗΡΑΚΛΕΟΥΣ - ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ // ΘΑΣΙΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Hellenistic Period
- Recorded findspots
- Gradeshnitsa
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/20912
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 20912
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. 144-158
Research required
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