Thasos, tetradrachm (CN type 21695)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
1. Jh. v. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thracetetradrachm in silver struck at Thasos in Thrace dated 1. Jh. v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 21695. 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
- 29–37 mm (from 11 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 15.65 g (mean of 11 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Thasos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- Imitation
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.
Identification
- Period
- Hellenistic Period
- Recorded findspots
- Stara Zagora Region
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/21695
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 21695
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 bibliographynr. group VII
Research required
- Legends not transcribed in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution