Selymbria, Diobol (CN type 283)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 492/490-473/470 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceDiobol in silver struck at Selymbria in Thrace dated ca. 492/490-473/470 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 283. Obverse: Cock standing left. Reverse: Incuse square.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver
- Denomination
- Diobol
- Recorded mean weight
- 0.85 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Selymbria
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Weight standard
- Thraco-Macedonian
Design
- Obverse type
- Cock standing left.
- Reverse type
- Incuse square.
Identification
- Period
- Classical Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/283
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 283
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
- Research required
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
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
- Diameter not recorded in the source corpus
- Legends not transcribed in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution