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Dardanos, bronze coin — Cock left (CN type 3940)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

c. 325–250 BC

Issuing entity

Troas

Coin in bronze struck at Dardanos in Troas, dated c. 325–250 BC. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 3940 (period: Hellenistic Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Horseman with spear, wearing chlamys und petasos, on horse galopping right. Reverse: Cock left, in fighting attitude; beneath, ear of corn. Legend: ΔΑΡΔΑ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 2.06 g (mean of 5 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 13.9–15.6 mm (from 5 recorded specimens). Published references cited by the corpus: Hirsch, Sammlung Gustav Philipsen/Kopenhagen 25, München 1909, 1909, p. 155, nr. 1901; Wroth, A catalogue of the Greek coins in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Greek coins of Troas, Aeolis and Lesbos, Bologna 1964, p. 50, nr. 19; Harwood, Populorum et urbium selecta numismata graeca ex aere, Londini 1812, p. 16, pl. II, pic. 21.

Evidence at a glance

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Historical context

Troas, also known as the Troad, was an ancient geographical region situated in northwestern Anatolia. The region is bounded by the Dardanelles to the northwest and by the Aegean Sea to the west, separated from the wider Anatolian landmass by Mount Ida. The territory encompasses the valleys of the Scamander and Simoeis rivers, which converge near the historical site of Troy.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
13.9–15.6 mm (from 5 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
2.06 g (mean of 5 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Dardanos
Region
Troas
Authority type
City

Design

Obverse type
Horseman with spear, wearing chlamys und petasos, on horse galopping right.
Reverse type
Cock left, in fighting attitude; beneath, ear of corn.
Reverse legend
ΔΑΡΔΑ

Identification

Period
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/3940
Type corpus identifier
CN type 3940

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