Parion, hemidrachm (CN type 21231)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 500-400 v.Chr.
Issuing entity
Mysiahemidrachm in silver struck at Parion in Mysia dated ca. 500-400 v.Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 21231. Obverse: Gorgoneion. Reverse: Incuse square, devided by a linear cross-like pattern with a central dot.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver
- Denomination
- hemidrachm
- Recorded diameter
- 12.7–13.1 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 1.78 g (mean of 4 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Parion
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
- Weight standard
- Chian
Design
- Obverse type
- Gorgoneion.
- Reverse type
- Incuse square, devided by a linear cross-like pattern with a central dot.
Identification
- Period
- Classical Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/21231
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 21231
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
- Research required
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Legends not transcribed in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution