Dardanos, bronze (CN type 3957)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 200-100 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
TroasCoin type in bronze struck at Dardanos in Troas dated ca. 200-100 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 3957. Obverse: Head of Zeus right, wearing taenia. Reverse: Horseman, wearing chlamys and petasos, on horse galopping right.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 14.4–16.3 mm (from 7 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 2.89 g (mean of 7 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Dardanos
- Region
- Troas
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Head of Zeus right, wearing taenia.
- Reverse type
- Horseman, wearing chlamys and petasos, on horse galopping right.
- Reverse legend
- ΔΑΡ
Identification
- Period
- Hellenistic Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3957
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 3957
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 bibliographynr. 306, pl. 7, pic. 306
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 50, nr. 23, pl. IX, pic. 12
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution