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Neandreia, hemidrachm — Altar (CN type 20838)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

c. 427–405 BC

Issuing entity

Troas

Hemidrachm in silver struck at Neandreia in Troas, dated c. 427–405 BC. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 20838 (period: Classical Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Laureate head of Apollo, right. Reverse: Altar; behind it laurel-tree. Legend: ΝΕΑΝ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 1.88 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 12 mm (from 1 recorded specimen). Published references cited by the corpus: Wroth, Greek coins acquired by the British Museum in 1901 2, 1902, p. 331, nr. 24, pl. XVI, pic. 2; Babelon, Traité des monnaies grecques et romaines II.2, Paris 1910, p. 1297, nr. 2386.

Evidence at a glance

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Historical context

Neandreia was a Greek city located in the south-west of the Troad region in Anatolia, on the site of Çığrı Dağ. The location was first identified as Neandreia by Frank Calvert in 1865 and Joseph Thacher Clarke in 1886, and was later excavated by Robert Koldewey in 1889. The settlement was also historically recorded under variations such as Neandrium, Neandrion, Neandros, and Leandreia.

Physical characteristics

Material
silver
Denomination
hemidrachm
Recorded diameter
12 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
1.88 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Neandreia
Region
Troas
Authority type
City

Design

Obverse type
Laureate head of Apollo, right.
Reverse type
Altar; behind it laurel-tree.
Reverse legend
ΝΕΑΝ

Identification

Period
Classical 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/20838
Type corpus identifier
CN type 20838

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