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Gargara, bronze coin — Horse standing right (CN type 12182)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

c. 133–50 BC

Issuing entity

Troas

Coin in bronze struck at Gargara in Troas, dated c. 133–50 BC. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 12182 (period: Hellenistic Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Head of Hermes, right, wearing petasus; caduceus behind. Reverse: Horse standing right. Legend: ΓΑΡ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 1.79 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 11–12 mm (from 2 recorded specimens). Published references cited by the corpus: Fox, Engravings of Unedited or Rare Greek Coins: With descriptions, London 1856, p. 6, nr. 30, pl. II, pic. 30.

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Historical context

Gargara was an ancient Greek city located on the southern coast of the Troad region of Anatolia, originally situated below Mount Gargaron. During the 4th century BCE, the settlement relocated roughly 5.8 km south to a coastal plain, leaving the earlier location to be known as Old Gargara. This Hellenistic bronze coin was issued by the city of Gargara between c. 133 and 50 BC.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
11–12 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
1.79 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Gargara
Region
Troas
Authority type
City

Design

Obverse type
Head of Hermes, right, wearing petasus; caduceus behind.
Reverse type
Horse standing right.
Reverse legend
ΓΑΡ

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/12182
Type corpus identifier
CN type 12182

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