Ainos, tetradrachm (CN type 2958)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 378/377-377/376 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thracetetradrachm in silver struck at Ainos in Thrace dated ca. 378/377-377/376 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 2958. Obverse: Head of Hermes facing three-quarters left, wearing petasus. Reverse: Goat standing right, in incuse square.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver
- Denomination
- tetradrachm
- Recorded diameter
- 24 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 15.74 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/2958
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 2958
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. 239-240, nr. 396
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 176, nr. 325
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution