Assos, bronze (CN type 12376)
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 12376. 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 mm (from 9 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 1.21 g (mean of 10 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
- ΑΡΤΑ ΑΣΣΙ
Identification
- Period
- Classical/Hellenistic Period
- Recorded findspots
- Bergama (Pergamum)
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/12376
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 12376
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. 8
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 1496, pl. 46, pic. 1496
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 1111, pl. 53, pic. 1111
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 318, pl. 16, pic. 318
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 146, nr. 4
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 782
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 301, nr. 36-37
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution