Mesembria (CN type 21713)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 190-175 v.Chr.
Issuing entity
Thracestruck at Mesembria in Thrace dated ca. 190-175 v.Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 21713. Obverse: Head of Alexander the Great, right, wearing lion skin on his head, bound at bottom. Reverse: Zeus (Aëtophoros) enthroned left, wearing long garment, holding eagle, right, and sceptre; to left, crested Corinthian helmet.
Physical characteristics
- Recorded mean weight
- 16.62 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Mesembria
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Head of Alexander the Great, right, wearing lion skin on his head, bound at bottom.
- Reverse type
- Zeus (Aëtophoros) enthroned left, wearing long garment, holding eagle, right, and sceptre; to left, crested Corinthian helmet.
- Reverse legend
- ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ ΔΙΟΣΚΟΥΡΙΔΑ
Identification
- Period
- Classical/Hellenistic Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/21713
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 21713
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- 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
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution