Kisthene, bronze (CN type 3421)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 380-330 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin type in bronze struck at Kisthene in Mysia dated ca. 380-330 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 3421. Obverse: Veiled head of Demeter, right, wearing corn wreath. Reverse: Horseman galopping right, wearing fluttering cloak and raising right arm.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 16–17 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 4.46 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Kisthene
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Veiled head of Demeter, right, wearing corn wreath.
- Reverse type
- Horseman galopping right, wearing fluttering cloak and raising right arm.
- Reverse legend
- ΚΙΣΘΗ
Identification
- Period
- Classical Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3421
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 3421
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- 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. 264, nr. 7
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 222, nr. 622
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution