Skamandria, bronze coin — Fir-tree (CN type 12921)
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
second half of the 4th century BC
Issuing entity
TroasCoin in bronze struck at Skamandria in Troas, dated second half of the 4th century BC. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 12921 (period: Classical/Hellenistic Period; issuing authority type: city).
Obverse: Fir-wreathed head of a goddess (Ide), right. Reverse: Fir-tree. Legend: ΣΚΑ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 8.01 g (mean of 4 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 20–21 mm (from 4 recorded specimens). Published references cited by the corpus: o. A., Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. Greece 7. The KIKPE Collection of Bronze Coins, Volume I, 2012, nr. 800; Wroth, A catalogue of the Greek coins in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Greek coins of Troas, Aeolis and Lesbos, Bologna 1964, p. 79, nr. 1; Babelon, Traité des monnaies grecques et romaines 2/1 2/1, Bologna 1965, p. 1295-1296, nr. 2376, pl. CLXV, pic. 28.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 4
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 3
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 20–21 mm (from 4 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 8.01 g (mean of 4 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Skamandria
- Region
- Troas
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Fir-wreathed head of a goddess (Ide), right.
- Reverse type
- Fir-tree.
- Reverse legend
- ΣΚΑ
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.
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/12921
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 12921
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- Issue or mint date
- Recorded
- Material
- Recorded
- Weight
- Recorded
- Mint or printer
- Recorded
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Recorded
- Attached photograph (check rights)
- Recorded
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Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 800
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 79, nr. 1
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 1295-1296, nr. 2376, pl. CLXV, pic. 28
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