Assos, Hemisiglos (hemidrachm) (CN type 12364)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 340-320 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
TroasHemisiglos (hemidrachm) in silver struck at Assos in Troas dated ca. 340-320 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 12364. Obverse: Head of Athena to right with Attic helmet, decorated with laurel wreath. Reverse: Bull's head facing.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver
- Denomination
- Hemisiglos (hemidrachm)
- Recorded diameter
- 14.9–15.9 mm (from 4 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 2.41 g (mean of 4 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Assos
- Region
- Troas
- Authority type
- City
- Weight standard
- Persian
Design
- Obverse type
- Head of Athena to right with Attic helmet, decorated with laurel wreath.
- Reverse type
- Bull's head facing.
- Reverse legend
- ΑΣΣΙΟΝ
Identification
- Period
- Classical/Hellenistic Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/12364
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 12364
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. 154, nr. 1887, pl. XXI, pic. 1887
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 37, nr. 6, annot. (c. 400-241 BC)
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution