Assos, bronze (CN type 12375)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 350-300 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
TroasCoin type in bronze struck at Assos in Troas dated ca. 350-300 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 12375. Obverse: Head of Athena to right with Attic helmet, decorated with laurel wreath. Reverse: Bull's head facing.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 10–11.8 mm (from 12 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 1.27 g (mean of 11 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Assos
- Region
- Troas
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Head of Athena to right with Attic helmet, decorated with laurel wreath.
- Reverse type
- Bull's head facing.
- Reverse legend
- ΑΣΣΙ
Identification
- Period
- Classical/Hellenistic Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/12375
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 12375
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- 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. 37, nr. 9, pl. VII, pic. 12
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 1494, pl. 46, pic. 1494
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 154, pl. 6, pic. 154
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 255, pl. XIV, pic. 255
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 301, nr. 38-40
Research required
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