Neandreia, bronze coin — Barley-grain (CN type 20653)
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
c. 350–310 BC
Issuing entity
TroasCoin in bronze struck at Neandreia 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 20653 (period: Classical/Hellenistic Period; issuing authority type: city).
Obverse: Laureate head of Apollo, right. Reverse: Barley-grain. Legend: ΝΕΑΝ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 1.22 g (from 1 recorded specimen) and a diameter of 10.8 mm (from 1 recorded specimen).
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 2
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Historical context
Neandreia, also known as Neandrium or Neandros, was a Greek city located in the south-west of the Troad region of Anatolia. Its site has been identified on Çığrı Dağ, situated east of Alexandria Troas in the Ezine district of Çanakkale province, Turkey. Struck in the Classical and Hellenistic periods, municipal bronze issues from the city served local needs in Troas.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 10.8 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 1.22 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Neandreia
- Region
- Troas
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate head of Apollo, right.
- Reverse type
- Barley-grain
- Reverse legend
- ΝΕΑΝ
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/20653
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 20653
- 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
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- 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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