cn type 20792

Edition

cn.thasos.1_ed.50

Mint

Thasos 🔍

Region: Thrace

Date

c. 404-355 BC

Classical Period 🔍

Obverse

Design

Head of bearded Dionysus, left, wearing ivy wreath.
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Reverse

Legend

ΘΑΣΙΟΝ

Design

Heracles kneeling right, wearing lion skin, drawing bow; all within linear square.
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Symbol

amphora (position: at the bottom right)

Metrology

Denomination

drachm 🔍
Standard: Chian

Material

silver 🔍

Diameter

16 mm (1x)

Average Weight

3.80 g (2x)

Axes

12 (1x)

Citation

West, Fifth and fourth Century Gold Coins from the Thracian coast West, Allen B, 1929 p. 37, nr. 16b (This type and type 21468 are summarized under No. 16.) ❐

Literature

Hoover and Ashton, Handbook of Coins of the Islands: Adriatic, Ionian, Thracian, Aegean and Carpathian Seas (Excluding Crete and Cyprus): Sixth to First Centuries BC, Lancaster 2010 p. 80, nr. 343-346 (c. 404-355 BC.) ❐

Schwabacher, Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. Copenhagen. The Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum. Part 7: Thrace 2: Odessus - Sestos. Islands. Kings and Dynasts 7, Copenhagen 1943 nr. 1023-1026 (c. 411-350 BC.) ❐

Grandjean et al., Guide de Thasos, [Athènes]; Paris; diff. de Boccard 2000 p. 307, nr. 271.7, pic. 271.1 ❐

editions

cn.thasos.1_ed.50 🔍

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cn type 20792, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/cn.thasos.1_ed.50 [Last downloaded: 2026/04/19]