Thasos, Chalkous (CN type 20981)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
390-310 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceChalkous in bronze struck at Thasos in Thrace dated 390-310 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 20981. Obverse: Bearded head of Dionysus, left, wearing ivy wreath. Reverse: Heracles kneeling right, wearing lion skin, drawing bow.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- Chalkous
- Recorded diameter
- 12–14 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 2 g (mean of 4 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Thasos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Bearded head of Dionysus, left, wearing ivy wreath.
- Reverse type
- Heracles kneeling right, wearing lion skin, drawing bow.
- Reverse legend
- ΘΑΣΙΟΝ
Identification
- Period
- Hellenistic Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/20981
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 20981
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. 307, pic. 272
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution