Gergis, Obol — Sphinx seated right (CN type 22705)
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
c. 340–320 BC
Issuing entity
TroasObol in silver struck at Gergis in Troas, dated c. 340–320 BC. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 22705 (period: Classical/Hellenistic Period; issuing authority type: city).
Obverse: Laureate head of the sibyl Herophile three quarter facing right. Reverse: Sphinx seated right. Legend: ΓΕΡ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 0.79 g (from 1 recorded specimen) and a diameter of 9 mm (from 1 recorded specimen). The corpus assigns the type to the Persian weight standard.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver
- Denomination
- Obol
- Recorded diameter
- 9 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 0.79 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Gergis
- Region
- Troas
- Authority type
- City
- Weight standard
- Persian
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate head of the sibyl Herophile three quarter facing right.
- Reverse type
- Sphinx seated right.
- Reverse legend
- ΓΕΡ
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/22705
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 22705
- Source note
- The corpus record cites no printed literature for this type; it rests on recorded specimens.
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Recorded
- Issue or mint date
- Recorded
- Material
- Recorded
- 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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