Assos, bronze (CN type 20409)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 330-280 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
TroasCoin type in bronze struck at Assos in Troas dated ca. 330-280 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 20409. Obverse: Female head (Hera?), right, wearing diadem, earring and necklace. Reverse: Thunderbolt.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 14.5–16.3 mm (from 7 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 3.97 g (mean of 7 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Assos
- Region
- Troas
- Authority type
- League
Design
- Obverse type
- Female head (Hera?), right, wearing diadem, earring and necklace.
- Reverse type
- Thunderbolt.
- Reverse legend
- ΑΙΟΛΕ
Identification
- Period
- Classical/Hellenistic Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/20409
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 20409
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. 312, nr. 3
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 260-265
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 248-250
- Corpus Nummorum bibliography
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 11-15
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution