Gargara, silver (CN type 12130)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 420-400 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
TroasCoin type in silver struck at Gargara in Troas dated ca. 420-400 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 12130. Obverse: Male, youthful head wearing taenia, right. Reverse: Wheel with four spokes.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver
- Recorded diameter
- 7–8 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 0.41 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Gargara
- Region
- Troas
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Male, youthful head wearing taenia, right.
- Reverse type
- Wheel with four spokes.
- Reverse legend
- ΓΑΡΓ
Identification
- Period
- Classical Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/12130
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 12130
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 bibliographyp. 38, nr. 1, pl. I, pic. 34
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 122, pic. 11
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution