Gargara, bronze coin — Eagle standing right on thunderbolt (CN type 12183)
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
1st century BC
Issuing entity
TroasCoin in bronze struck at Gargara in Troas, dated 1st century BC. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 12183 (period: Hellenistic Period/Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).
Obverse: Laureate head of Apollo, right. Reverse: Eagle standing right on thunderbolt, wings open. Legend: ΓΑΡ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 4.46 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 15–17 mm (from 2 recorded specimens).
Evidence at a glance
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- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 15–17 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 4.46 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Gargara
- Region
- Troas
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate head of Apollo, right.
- Reverse type
- Eagle standing right on thunderbolt, wings open.
- Reverse legend
- ΓΑΡ
Identification
- Period
- Hellenistic Period/Roman Imperial 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/12183
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 12183
- Source note
- The corpus record cites no printed literature for this type; it rests on recorded specimens.
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- Weight
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- Mint or printer
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- Mint or printer mark
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Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
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