Assos, Obol (CN type 20781)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 479-440 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
TroasObol in silver struck at Assos in Troas dated ca. 479-440 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 20781. Obverse: Griffin leaping right, forepart and forpaws raised, with feathered wings, curling tail and open beak. Reverse: Lion head, left; in incuse square.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver
- Denomination
- Obol
- Recorded diameter
- 9 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 0.45 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Assos
- Region
- Troas
- Authority type
- City
- Weight standard
- Chian
Design
- Obverse type
- Griffin leaping right, forepart and forpaws raised, with feathered wings, curling tail and open beak.
- Reverse type
- Lion head, left; in incuse square.
Identification
- Period
- Classical Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/20781
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 20781
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
- Research required
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Legends not transcribed in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution