Gargara, silver (CN type 12127)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 400-350 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
TroasCoin type in silver struck at Gargara in Troas dated ca. 400-350 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 12127. Obverse: Male, youthful head, right. Reverse: Grazing bull to the left; in incuse square
Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver
- Recorded diameter
- 13–15 mm (from 5 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 2.94 g (mean of 6 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Gargara
- Region
- Troas
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Male, youthful head, right.
- Reverse type
- Grazing bull to the left; in incuse square
- Reverse legend
- ΓΑΡΓ
Identification
- Period
- Classical Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/12127
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 12127
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- Issue or mint date
- Documented
- Material
- Documented
- Weight
- Documented
- Mint or printer
- Documented
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Documented
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 781
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 314, pl. 7, pic. 314
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 52, nr. 1, pl. X, pic. 3
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 83, nr. 7817, pl. 270, pic. 5
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 1261-1262, nr. 2288, pl. CLXIII, pic. 14
Research required
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