Kabyle, Skostokos, bronze (CN type 21697)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
260-245 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceCoin type in bronze struck at Kabyle in Thrace under Skostokos dated 260-245 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 21697. Obverse: Bare head of Skostokos, right, wearing necklace. Reverse: Horseman galopping right, wearing fluttering cloak and raising right arm.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 16–20 mm (from 7 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 4.82 g (mean of 9 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Kabyle
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- Ruler
- Issuing authority
- Skostokos
Design
- Obverse type
- Bare head of Skostokos, right, wearing necklace.
- Reverse type
- Horseman galopping right, wearing fluttering cloak and raising right arm.
- Reverse legend
- ΣΚΟΣΤΟΚΟΥ
Identification
- Period
- Hellenistic Period
- Recorded findspots
- Jambol Region
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/21697
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 21697
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- 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. 219
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 116-118, nr. 27-75, pl. 3-6
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution