Thasos, Trite (CN type 24117)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 430-404 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceTrite in silver struck at Thasos in Thrace dated ca. 430-404 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 24117. Obverse: Naked Silenus in three-quarter view, kneeling to the right, holding nymph in his arms. Reverse: Incuse square of mill-sail pattern.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver
- Denomination
- Trite
- Recorded diameter
- 14.8–17 mm (from 8 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 3.42 g (mean of 41 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Thasos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Naked Silenus in three-quarter view, kneeling to the right, holding nymph in his arms.
- Reverse type
- Incuse square of mill-sail pattern.
Identification
- Period
- Classical Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/24117
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 24117
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. 305-306, pic. 270
Research required
- Legends not transcribed in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution