Bisanthe, Bisanthe: nominal A (CN type 644)
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Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 300-200 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceBisanthe: nominal A in bronze struck at Bisanthe in Thrace dated ca. 300-200 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 644. Obverse: Veiled head of Demeter, right, wearing corn wreath. Reverse: Ethnic within grain ear wreath.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- Bisanthe: nominal A
- Recorded diameter
- 19–23 mm (from 15 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 6.22 g (mean of 14 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Bisanthe
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Veiled head of Demeter, right, wearing corn wreath.
- Reverse type
- Ethnic within grain ear wreath.
- Reverse legend
- ΒΙΣΑΝΘΗΝΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Hellenistic Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/644
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 644
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
- Research required
Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 8, nr. 1-11, pl. 1
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 67, nr. 1361
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