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Larissa, bronze coin — Amphora (CN type 12313)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

4th century BC

Issuing entity

Troas

Coin in bronze struck at Larissa in Troas, dated 4th century BC. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 12313 (period: Classical/Hellenistic Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Female head, left. Reverse: Amphora. Legend: ΛΑΡΙ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 1.23 g (mean of 3 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 10–11 mm (from 2 recorded specimens). Published references cited by the corpus: Tekin and Özdizbay, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum. 9, Volume 1: Turkey. The Özkan Arikantürk collection. Troas, Istanbul 2015, nr. 652, pl. 33, pic. 652; Bosch and Kraft, Sylloge nummorum graecorum Deutschland. Heft 5: Sammlung v. Aulock. Troas, Aeolis, Lesbos, 1439-1767, Berlin 1959, nr. 1555, pl. 48, pic. 1555; Robert, Études de numismatiques grecque, Paris 1951, p. 36-68.

Evidence at a glance

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5
Photograph views
5
Catalogue references
3

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Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
10–11 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
1.23 g (mean of 3 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Larissa
Region
Troas
Authority type
City

Design

Obverse type
Female head, left.
Reverse type
Amphora.
Reverse legend
ΛΑΡΙ

Identification

Period
Classical/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. 4 closely related CN types with the same mint, denomination and design are consolidated into this entry and listed under varieties.
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/12313
Type corpus identifier
CN type 12313

Documentation checklist

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Issue or mint date
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Mint or printer
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Catalogue references

Varieties

  • CN type 21469

    Same mint, denomination and design (reverse legend ΛΑΡΙ); dated 4th century BC. Consolidated into this entry

  • CN type 21474

    Same mint, denomination and design (reverse legend ΛΑΡΙ); dated 4th century BC. Consolidated into this entry

  • CN type 21475

    Same mint, denomination and design (reverse legend ΛΑΡΙ); dated 4th century BC. Consolidated into this entry

  • CN type 21483

    Same mint, denomination and design (reverse legend ΛΑΡΙ); dated 4th century BC. Consolidated into this entry

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