Ainos, tetradrachm (CN type 2983)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 359/358-357/356 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thracetetradrachm in silver struck at Ainos in Thrace dated ca. 359/358-357/356 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 2983. Obverse: Head of Hermes facing three-quarters left, wearing petasus. Reverse: Goat standing right.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver
- Denomination
- tetradrachm
- Recorded diameter
- 27 mm (from 7 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 15.06 g (mean of 9 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.
- Reverse legend
- ΑΙΝΙΟΝ
Identification
- Period
- Classical Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/2983
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 2983
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. 255-258, nr. 427-435, pl. VII
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 175, nr. 318
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution