Assos, quarter-siglos (CN type 18934)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 340-320 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
Troasquarter-siglos in silver struck at Assos in Troas dated ca. 340-320 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 18934. Obverse: Head of Athena to right with Attic helmet, decorated with laurel wreath. Reverse: Bull's head facing.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver
- Denomination
- quarter-siglos
- Recorded diameter
- 11.5–12 mm (from 3 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 1.23 g (mean of 3 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/18934
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 18934
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 bibliographynr. 227, pl. 6, pic. 227
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution