Istros, drachm (CN type 21752)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 340/330-240 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
Moesia inferiordrachm in silver struck at Istros in Moesia inferior dated ca. 340/330-240 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 21752. Obverse: Two young male heads, facing, side by side, right one inverted. Reverse: Sea-eagle on dolphin standing left.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver
- Denomination
- drachm
- Recorded mean weight
- 5.13 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Istros
- Region
- Moesia inferior
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Two young male heads, facing, side by side, right one inverted.
- Reverse type
- Sea-eagle on dolphin standing left.
- Reverse legend
- ΙΣΤΡΙΗ
Identification
- Period
- Hellenistic Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/21752
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 21752
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. 425
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 256
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 26, nr. 1, pl. XIX, pic. 1-7
Research required
- Diameter not recorded in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution