Gargara, bronze (CN type 12181)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 133-50 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
TroasCoin type in bronze struck at Gargara in Troas dated ca. 133-50 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 12181. Obverse: Turreted head of Tyche, right. Reverse: Lion standing right; head backwards.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 13–15 mm (from 8 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 2.37 g (mean of 9 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Gargara
- Region
- Troas
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Turreted head of Tyche, right.
- Reverse type
- Lion standing right; head backwards.
- Reverse legend
- ΓΑΡ
Identification
- Period
- Hellenistic Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/12181
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 12181
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. 150, nr. 5373, pl. 194, pic. 5373
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 333, pl. 7, pic. 333
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 1138, pl. XLIII, pic. 1138
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 245, nr. 87
Research required
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