Samothrake, tetradrachm (CN type 21412)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 500-475 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thracetetradrachm struck at Samothrake in Thrace dated ca. 500-475 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 21412. Obverse: Sphinx seated right. Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square with dotted ground.
Physical characteristics
- Denomination
- tetradrachm
- Recorded mean weight
- 13.27 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Samothrake
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Weight standard
- Euboic /Attic
Design
- Obverse type
- Sphinx seated right.
- Reverse type
- Quadripartite incuse square with dotted ground.
Identification
- Period
- Archaic Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/21412
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 21412
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Documented
- Issue or mint date
- Documented
- Material
- Research required
- 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
- Diameter not recorded in the source corpus
- Legends not transcribed in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution