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Antiocheia Troas, bronze coin (CN type 12119)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

c. 281–270 BC

Issuing entity

Troas

Coin in bronze struck at Antiocheia Troas in Troas, dated c. 281–270 BC. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 12119 (period: Hellenistic Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Laureate head of Apollo, right. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 3.36 g (from 1 recorded specimen) and a diameter of 15–16 mm (from 1 recorded specimen). Published references cited by the corpus: Wroth, A catalogue of the Greek coins in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Greek coins of Troas, Aeolis and Lesbos, Bologna 1964, p. 46, nr. 37, pl. VIII, pic. 21.

Evidence at a glance

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Historical context

Antiocheia Troas, also known as Alexandria Troas, was an ancient Greek city located along the Aegean Sea on Turkey's western coast. It sat within the Troad, or Troas, a historical region of northwestern Anatolia bounded by the Dardanelles to the northwest and Mount Ida to the east. This bronze coin was struck during the Hellenistic period between c. 281 and 270 BC under the authority of the city.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
15–16 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
3.36 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Antiocheia Troas
Region
Troas
Authority type
City

Design

Obverse type
Laureate head of Apollo, right.
Reverse legend
ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ

Identification

Period
Hellenistic Period
How to identify
Check the mint name or ethnic, the reverse type and the legend together, then compare weight and module; types from the same mint often differ only in legend arrangement, magistrate names or control marks.
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/12119
Type corpus identifier
CN type 12119

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