Ilion, quadrans (CN type 20437)
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 20437. Obverse: Bust of Athena, right, wearing helmet and aegis. Reverse: Aeneas walking right, head left, carrying Anchises on his left arm and leading Ascanius.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- quadrans
- Recorded diameter
- 14–16 mm (from 7 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 1.78 g (mean of 7 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Ilion
- Region
- Troas
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Bust of Athena, right, wearing helmet and aegis.
- Reverse type
- Aeneas walking right, head left, carrying Anchises on his left arm and leading Ascanius.
- Obverse legend
- ΙΛΙЄΩΝ
- Reverse legend
- ΙΛΙЄΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/20437
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 20437
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. T210, pl. 9, pic. T210
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 484, nr. 31
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution