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Zeleia, bronze coin — Stag standing right (CN type 24137)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

c. 350–300 BC

Issuing entity

Troas

Coin in bronze struck at Zeleia in Troas, dated c. 350–300 BC. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 24137 (period: Classical/Hellenistic Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Head of Artemis, right, wearing stephane. Reverse: Stag standing right. Legend: ΖΕΛΕ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 2.25 g (from 1 recorded specimen) and a diameter of 12 mm (from 1 recorded specimen). Published references cited by the corpus: Schwabacher, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum: the Royal Collection of Coins and Medals, Copenhagen 1942, nr. 501, pl. 11, pic. 501.

Evidence at a glance

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Catalogue references
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Historical context

Zeleia was an ancient town in the Troad, situated at the foot of Mount Ida along the river Aesepus. Known from the Iliad as a holy town that assisted Troy, it later served as the headquarters of the Persian army before the Battle of the Granicus in May 334 BCE, when Persian satraps met in council at Zeleia to plan resistance against Alexander the Great. This bronze piece was struck by the city during the Classical or Hellenistic period, dated to circa 350–300 BC.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
12 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
2.25 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Zeleia
Region
Troas
Authority type
City

Design

Obverse type
Head of Artemis, right, wearing stephane.
Reverse type
Stag standing right.
Reverse legend
ΖΕΛΕ

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/24137
Type corpus identifier
CN type 24137

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