Ainos, tetradrachm (triple siglos) (CN type 2730)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 453/452-451/450 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thracetetradrachm (triple siglos) in silver struck at Ainos in Thrace dated ca. 453/452-451/450 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 2730. Obverse: Head of Hermes, right, wearing petasus. Reverse: Goat standing right within linear square; outside of linear square, nude horned Pan, right; all within incuse square.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver
- Denomination
- tetradrachm (triple siglos)
- Recorded diameter
- 24–26.5 mm (from 11 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 16.16 g (mean of 17 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Ainos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Weight standard
- Persian
Design
- Obverse type
- Head of Hermes, right, wearing petasus.
- Reverse type
- Goat standing right within linear square; outside of linear square, nude horned Pan, right; all within incuse square.
- Obverse legend
- ΑΙΝΙ
- Reverse legend
- ΑΝΤΙΑΔΑΣ
Identification
- Period
- Classical Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/2730
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 2730
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. 65-68, nr. 85-91, pl. III
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 161-162, nr. 279
Research required
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