Hamaxitos, bronze coin — Lyre (CN type 20308)
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
c. 350–310 BC
Issuing entity
TroasCoin in bronze struck at Hamaxitos in Troas, dated c. 350–310 BC. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 20308 (period: Classical/Hellenistic Period; issuing authority type: city).
Obverse: Laureate head of Apollo, left. Reverse: Lyre. Legend: ΑΜΑΞΙ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 1.79 g (from 1 recorded specimen) and a diameter of 10.9–11.6 mm (from 1 recorded specimen).
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 2
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Historical context
Hamaxitos was an ancient Greek city, probably an Aeolian colony, situated in the south-west of the Troad region of Anatolia. Considered to mark the boundary between the Troad and Aeolis, its surrounding territory, known as Hamaxitia, included the temple of Apollo Smintheus. The historical region of the Troad corresponds to the Biga Peninsula in modern Turkey's Çanakkale Province, bounded by the Aegean Sea and the Dardanelles.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 10.9–11.6 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 1.79 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Hamaxitos
- Region
- Troas
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate head of Apollo, left.
- Reverse type
- Lyre.
- Reverse legend
- ΑΜΑΞΙ
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/20308
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 20308
- Source note
- The corpus record cites no printed literature for this type; it rests on recorded specimens.
Documentation checklist
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- Issue or mint date
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- Material
- Recorded
- Weight
- Recorded
- Mint or printer
- Recorded
- Mint or printer mark
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- Catalogue reference
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- Recorded
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Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
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