Uncertain mint, Hemiobol — Incuse punch (CN type 24071)
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
c. 520–490 BC
Hemiobol in silver struck at unsicher, dated c. 520–490 BC. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 24071 (period: Archaic Period; issuing authority type: city).
Obverse: Head of horse, left. Reverse: Incuse punch. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 0.43 g (from 1 recorded specimen) and a diameter of 8 mm (from 1 recorded specimen). The corpus assigns the type to the reduced Aeginetan weight standard.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
Counts describe this entry’s documentation, not authenticity, rarity or completeness. Photographs may show one specimen; check each caption and licence.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver
- Denomination
- Hemiobol
- Recorded diameter
- 8 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 0.43 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- unsicher
- Authority type
- City
- Weight standard
- reduced Aeginetan
Design
- Obverse type
- Head of horse, left.
- Reverse type
- Incuse punch
Identification
- Period
- Archaic Period
- How to identify
- Check the mint name or ethnic, the reverse type and the legend together, then compare weight and module; types from the same mint often differ only in legend arrangement, magistrate names or control marks.
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/24071
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 24071
- Source note
- The corpus record cites no printed literature for this type; it rests on recorded specimens.
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Recorded
- Issue or mint date
- Recorded
- Material
- Recorded
- Weight
- Recorded
- Mint or printer
- Recorded
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Research required
- Attached photograph (check rights)
- Recorded
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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
- Legends not transcribed in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution