Alopekonnesos, small denomination (bronze) (CN type 338)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 400-300 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thracesmall denomination (bronze) in bronze struck at Alopekonnesos in Thrace dated ca. 400-300 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 338. Obverse: Head of (youthful) Dionysus/of a maenad, right, wearing ivy wreath. Reverse: Cantharus.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- small denomination (bronze)
- Recorded diameter
- 12–14 mm (from 6 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 2.6 g (mean of 8 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Alopekonnesos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Head of (youthful) Dionysus/of a maenad, right, wearing ivy wreath.
- Reverse type
- Cantharus.
- Reverse legend
- ΑΛΩ
Identification
- Period
- Classical Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/338
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 338
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. 3, nr. 1-7, pl. I, pic. 1,7
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution