Dardanos, Hemisiglos (CN type 3858)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 340-325 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
TroasHemisiglos in silver struck at Dardanos in Troas dated ca. 340-325 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 3858. Obverse: Horseman, wearing chlamys and petasos, on horse galopping right. Reverse: Cock standing right.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver
- Denomination
- Hemisiglos
- Recorded diameter
- 13.8–14.3 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 2.38 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Dardanos
- Region
- Troas
- Authority type
- City
- Weight standard
- Persian
Design
- Obverse type
- Horseman, wearing chlamys and petasos, on horse galopping right.
- Reverse type
- Cock standing right.
- Reverse legend
- ΔΑΡ ΕΠΙ ΛΕΠΤΩΝΟΣ
Identification
- Period
- Classical Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3858
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 3858
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
- Documented
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 1320, nr. 2432, pl. CLXVII, pic. 22
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 7593, pl. 263, pic. 7593
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution