Tyras, drachm (CN type 23876)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 350-300 v. Chr.
drachm in silver struck at Tyras dated ca. 350-300 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 23876. Obverse: Head of Demeter wearing veil and wreath of ears three-quarter facing right. Reverse: Butting bull, left.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver
- Denomination
- drachm
- Recorded diameter
- 18 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 5.37 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Tyras
- Authority type
- City
- Weight standard
- Aeginetan
Design
- Obverse type
- Head of Demeter wearing veil and wreath of ears three-quarter facing right.
- Reverse type
- Butting bull, left.
- Reverse legend
- ΤΥΡΑΝΟΝ
Identification
- Period
- Classical/Hellenistic Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/23876
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 23876
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. 17
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 335
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 66, nr. 8
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 14, nr. 8
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution