Ainos, tetradrachm (CN type 2930)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 390/389-388/387 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thracetetradrachm in silver struck at Ainos in Thrace dated ca. 390/389-388/387 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 2930. Obverse: Head of Hermes facing three-quarters left, wearing petasus. Reverse: Goat standing right, in incuse square.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver
- Denomination
- tetradrachm
- Recorded mean weight
- 15.76 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Ainos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Weight standard
- Chian
Design
- Obverse type
- Head of Hermes facing three-quarters left, wearing petasus.
- Reverse type
- Goat standing right, in incuse square.
- Reverse legend
- ΑΙΝΙΟΝ
Identification
- Period
- Classical Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/2930
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 2930
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. 224-225, nr. 370, pl. V
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 178, nr. 332
Research required
- Diameter not recorded in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution