Selymbria, Octobol (CN type 303)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 492/490-473/470 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceOctobol in silver struck at Selymbria in Thrace dated ca. 492/490-473/470 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 303. Obverse: Cock standing left. Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square, divided by two crossed lines.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver
- Denomination
- Octobol
- Recorded diameter
- 15–18 mm (from 5 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 4.87 g (mean of 7 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Selymbria
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Weight standard
- Thraco-Macedonian
Design
- Obverse type
- Cock standing left.
- Reverse type
- Quadripartite incuse square, divided by two crossed lines.
- Obverse legend
- ΣΑ
Identification
- Period
- Classical Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/303
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 303
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. 45, nr. 16-18
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 165, nr. 1628
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution