Dardanos, bronze (CN type 3944)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 150-50 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
TroasCoin type in bronze struck at Dardanos in Troas dated ca. 150-50 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 3944. Obverse: Horseman with spear, wearing chlamys und petasos, on horse galopping right. Reverse: Cock left, in fighting attitude; beneath, ear of corn.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 12.3–12.6 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 2.24 g (mean of 3 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
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3944
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 3944
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- 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. 164, nr. 134, pl. 26, pic. 134
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 2583, pl. 90, pic. 2583
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution