Orthagoria, Half Stater (hemisiglos, hemidrachm) (CN type 2238)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 348/347-290 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceHalf Stater (hemisiglos, hemidrachm) in silver struck at Orthagoria in Thrace dated ca. 348/347-290 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 2238. Obverse: Bust of Artemis facing, head left, wearing necklace and earrings; quiver at her right shoulder. Reverse: Helmet, facing, surmounted by star.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver
- Denomination
- Half Stater (hemisiglos, hemidrachm)
- Recorded diameter
- 13–19 mm (from 29 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 2.42 g (mean of 41 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Orthagoria
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Weight standard
- Persian
Design
- Obverse type
- Bust of Artemis facing, head left, wearing necklace and earrings; quiver at her right shoulder.
- Reverse type
- Helmet, facing, surmounted by star.
- Reverse legend
- ΟΡΘΑΓΟΡΕΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Classical Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/2238
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 2238
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 bibliographyp. 93, nr. 3, pl. 18, pic. 23
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 51-52, pic. 2b
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 193-204
Research required
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