Ilion, half unit (CN type 20498)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
301–281 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
Troashalf unit in bronze struck at Ilion in Troas dated 301–281 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 20498. Obverse: Head of Athena, left, wearing crested Attic helmet. Reverse: Athena Ilias standing left, wearing kalathos, holding spindle in left hand and spear in raised right hand.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- half unit
- Recorded diameter
- 11–14.7 mm (from 13 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 2 g (mean of 13 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Ilion
- Region
- Troas
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Head of Athena, left, wearing crested Attic helmet.
- Reverse type
- Athena Ilias standing left, wearing kalathos, holding spindle in left hand and spear in raised right hand.
- Reverse legend
- ΙΛΙ
Identification
- Period
- Hellenistic Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/20498
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 20498
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. 14, nr. T2, pl. 1, pic. T2
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 478, nr. 3
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution