Thasos, half-stater (CN type 21083)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 479-463 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thracehalf-stater in silver struck at Thasos in Thrace dated ca. 479-463 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 21083. Obverse: Nude Silenus advancing right, carrying off in his arms a nymph raising her right hand in protest. Reverse: Incuse square of mill-sail pattern.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver
- Denomination
- half-stater
- Recorded diameter
- 21 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 4.28 g (mean of 3 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Thasos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Nude Silenus advancing right, carrying off in his arms a nymph raising her right hand in protest.
- Reverse type
- Incuse square of mill-sail pattern.
Identification
- Period
- Classical Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/21083
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 21083
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. 304-305, pic. 269
Research required
- Legends not transcribed in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution