Ilion, quadrans (CN type 20431)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
117–192 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Troasquadrans in bronze struck at Ilion in Troas dated 117–192 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 20431. Obverse: Bust of Athena, right, wearing helmet and aegis. Reverse: Ganymede with Phrygian cap facing, head right, being carried away by a spread eagle behind him.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- quadrans
- Recorded diameter
- 16–16.7 mm (from 3 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 2.77 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Ilion
- Region
- Troas
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Bust of Athena, right, wearing helmet and aegis.
- Reverse type
- Ganymede with Phrygian cap facing, head right, being carried away by a spread eagle behind him.
- Obverse legend
- ΙΛΙЄΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/20431
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 20431
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 bibliographyp. 62, nr. T209, pl. 9, pic. T209
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 484, nr. 35
- external concordance
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution