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Skamandria, bronze coin — Fir cone (CN type 19462)

DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.

Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

c. 350–300 BC

Issuing entity

Troas

Coin in bronze struck at Skamandria in Troas, dated c. 350–300 BC. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 19462 (period: Classical/Hellenistic Period).

Obverse: Fir-wreathed head of a goddess (Ide), right. Reverse: Fir cone. Legend: Σ–ΚΑ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 0.92 g (mean of 11 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 10.4–11 mm (from 10 recorded specimens). Published references cited by the corpus: Babelon, Traité des monnaies grecques et romaines II.2, Paris 1910, p. 1295-1296, nr. 2381, pl. CLXV, pic. 34; Schwabacher, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum: the Royal Collection of Coins and Medals, Copenhagen 1942, nr. 468, pl. 10, pic. 468; Baldus, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum. Deutschland. Staatliche Münzsammlung München. 19.Heft. Troas - Lesbos. Nr. 1-813 19, München 1991, nr. 320, pl. 11, pic. 320.

Evidence at a glance

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Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
10.4–11 mm (from 10 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
0.92 g (mean of 11 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Skamandria
Region
Troas

Design

Obverse type
Fir-wreathed head of a goddess (Ide), right.
Reverse type
Fir cone
Reverse legend
Σ–ΚΑ

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. 1 closely related CN type with the same mint, denomination and design is consolidated into this entry and listed under varieties.
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/19462
Type corpus identifier
CN type 19462

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Catalogue references

Varieties

  • CN type 19463

    Same mint, denomination and design (obverse legend ΙΔΗ; reverse legend Σ–Κ–Α); dated c. 350–300 BC. Consolidated into this entry

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