Assos, hemidrachm (CN type 12358)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 430-420 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
Troashemidrachm in silver struck at Assos in Troas dated ca. 430-420 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 12358. Obverse: Head of Athena to right with Attic helmet, decorated with laurel wreath. Reverse: Lion head, left; in incuse square.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver
- Denomination
- hemidrachm
- Recorded diameter
- 11 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 1.71 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Assos
- Region
- Troas
- Authority type
- City
- Weight standard
- Chian
Design
- Obverse type
- Head of Athena to right with Attic helmet, decorated with laurel wreath.
- Reverse type
- Lion head, left; in incuse square.
- Reverse legend
- ΑΣΣΟΟΝ
Identification
- Period
- Classical Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/12358
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 12358
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Documented
- 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. 25, nr. 2510, pl. XCIV, pic. 2510
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 1267-1268, nr. 2304, pl. CLXIII, pic. 29
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 36, pic. 7c
Research required
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