Sesamos, bronze (CN type 23927)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 360-300 v. Chr.
Coin type in bronze struck at Sesamos dated ca. 360-300 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 23927. Obverse: Laureate head of Apollo, left. Reverse: Kantharos; above, bunch of grapes.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 15 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 2.5 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Sesamos
- Authority type
- City
- Weight standard
- Chian
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate head of Apollo, left.
- Reverse type
- Kantharos; above, bunch of grapes.
- Reverse legend
- ΣΗΣΑ
Identification
- Period
- Classical Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/23927
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 23927
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. 199, nr. 5
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution