Naxus

Mints

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 781

The mint at the ancient site of Naxos in Sicily.

Die Studies

Item	Image	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	WeightCarter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum)
Naxus, silver, tetradrachms (Dionysus/Silenus) (460-460 BCE)		Silver	327 kg
Naxus, silver, tetradrachms (Dionysus/Silenus) (425-425 BCE)		Silver	324 kg
Naxus, silver, litrae (Dionysus/bung of grapes) (510-490 BCE)		Silver	377 kg
Naxus, silver, drachms (Dionysus/bunch of grapes) (510-490 BCE)		Silver	2,682 kg
Naxus, silver, litrai (Dionysus/bunch of grapes) (461-430 BCE)		Silver	304 kg
Naxus, silver, litrai (Dionysus/bunch of grapes) (430-415 BCE)		Silver	72 kg
Naxus, silver, tetradrachms (young Dionysus/seated Silenus) (415-403 BCE)		Silver	395 kg
Naxus, silver, didrachms (Apollo/seated Silenus) (415-403 BCE)		Silver	679 kg
Naxus, silver, hemidrachms (Assinus/seated Silenus) (415-403 BCE)		Silver	252 kg
Naxus, silver, litrai (Dionysus/bunch of grapes) (415-403 BCE)		Silver	167 kg
Naxus, bronze, tetrantes (3.2g) (river god Assinos/cantharus) (420-403 BCE)		Bronze

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Description

Nomisma IDNomisma ID	naxus
Definition:	The mint at the ancient site of Naxos in Sicily.
Pleiades IDUnique ID of the Pleiades place resource	462386
Ancient regionAncient region.	Sicily Nomisma: magna_graecia, Nomisma: sicily
Modern countryModern country	Italy
CoordinatesGeographical coorindates	37.825317° N, 15.266688° E
Links	http://dbpedia.org/resource/Naxos_(Sicily) https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462386 http://sws.geonames.org/6948891/ http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/place/x56813 http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7003909

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Literature

• Cahn 1944
• Arnold-Biucchi 1996

Authors

• Herbert A. Cahn