cn type 20756

Mint

Thasos 🔍

Region: Thrace

Date

c. 520-510 BC

Archaic Period 🔍

Obverse

Design

Two dolphins swimming on top of each other in opposite directions.
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Reverse

Design

Quadripartite incuse square.
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Metrology

Denomination

1/4 Hekte 🔍

Material

silver 🔍

Diameter

Max: 10 mm / Min: 8 mm

Average Weight

0.50 g (32x)

Axes

1 (1x) 12 (1x)

Citation

Grandjean et al., Guide de Thasos, [Athènes]; Paris; diff. de Boccard 2000 p. 303-304, nr. 268.5 (1/4 Hekte, 510-510 BC) ❐

Literature

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. 1020-1021, pl. 20 (c.463-411 BC.) ❐

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. 79f., nr. 337 (Hemiobol, 435-411 BC) ❐

editions

cn.thasos.1_ed.4 🔍

Cite this record:

cn type 20756, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/20756 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]