Gargara, bronze coin — Telesphorus standing facing (CN type 12190)
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
c. 1st–2nd century AD
Issuing entity
TroasCoin in bronze struck at Gargara in Troas, dated c. 1st–2nd century AD. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 12190 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).
Obverse: Draped bust of Athena to right, with helmet. Reverse: Telesphorus standing facing, wearing hooded mantle. Legend: ΓΑΡΓΑΡЄΩΝ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 1.98 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 14–14.4 mm (from 2 recorded specimens). Published references cited by the corpus: Mionnet, T.2. Description de médailles antiques, grecques et romaines, avec leur degré de rareté et leur estimation: ouvrage servant de catalogue à une suite de vingt mille empreintes en soufre prises sur les pièces originales T. 2, Paris 1807, p. 552, nr. 249; Choiseul-Gouffier, Voyage pittoresque dans l'Empire Ottoman, en Grèce, dans la Troade, les îles de l'Archipel et sur les cotes de l'Asie-Mineure; Par le Comte de Choiseul-Gouffier, 1842, p. 92, pl. XI, pic. 25.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 4
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 2
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Historical context
Gargara was an ancient Greek city located on the southern coast of the Troad region of Anatolia, in what is now the Ayvacık district of Çanakkale Province in Turkey. Originally situated beneath Mount Gargaron, the community relocated in the 4th century BCE to a coastal site near the modern settlements of Arıklı and Nusratlı. Operating as a civic issuing authority within the Roman Imperial Period, the city produced bronze coinage such as this type around the 1st to 2nd century AD.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 14–14.4 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 1.98 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Gargara
- Region
- Troas
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Draped bust of Athena to right, with helmet.
- Reverse type
- Telesphorus standing facing, wearing hooded mantle.
- Reverse legend
- ΓΑΡΓΑΡЄΩΝ
Identification
- 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/12190
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 12190
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
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- Issue or mint date
- Recorded
- Material
- Recorded
- Weight
- Recorded
- Mint or printer
- Recorded
- Mint or printer mark
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- Catalogue reference
- Recorded
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- Recorded
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Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 552, nr. 249
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 92, pl. XI, pic. 25
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