Dardanos, bronze coin — Warrior in military attire standing left (CN type 3962)
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
c. 150–30 BC
Issuing entity
TroasCoin in bronze struck at Dardanos in Troas, dated c. 150–30 BC. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 3962 (period: Hellenistic Period; issuing authority type: city).
Obverse: Bust of Artemis facing; quiver at her right shoulder. Reverse: Warrior in military attire standing left, resting his left arm on spear, right arm on akrostolion, right foot on prora. Legend: ΔΑΡ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 1.7 g (mean of 9 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 12.2–14.1 mm (from 8 recorded specimens). Published references cited by the corpus: Hirsch, Sammlung Gustav Philipsen/Kopenhagen 25, München 1909, 1909, p. 155, nr. 1903; Imhoof-Blumer, Kleinasiatische Münzen: 2 Bände in einem Band., Wien 1901, p. 38, nr. 3; Mannsperger, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum. Deutschland. Münzsammlung der Universität Tübingen. 4. Mysien - Ionien. Nr. 2174-3306, München 1989, nr. 2584, pl. 90, pic. 2584; Kapossy and Righetti, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum. Schweiz. 2: Münzen der Antike: Katalog der Sammlung Jean-Pierre Righetti im Bernischen Historischen Museum, Bern 1993, nr. 793, pl. 54, pic. 793.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 6
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 4
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Historical context
Dardanus was an ancient classical polis located in the Troad, using coin legends such as DAR and DARDAN. During the 5th century BC, the city belonged to the Delian League as a member of the Athenian Empire, appearing on tribute lists between 451/50 and 429/9 BC. This Hellenistic bronze coinage was issued by the city authority in Troas in the 2nd to 1st centuries BC.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 12.2–14.1 mm (from 8 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 1.7 g (mean of 9 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Dardanos
- Region
- Troas
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Bust of Artemis facing; quiver at her right shoulder.
- Reverse type
- Warrior in military attire standing left, resting his left arm on spear, right arm on akrostolion, right foot on prora.
- Reverse legend
- ΔΑΡ
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/3962
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 3962
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- Issue or mint date
- Recorded
- Material
- Recorded
- Weight
- Recorded
- Mint or printer
- Recorded
- Mint or printer mark
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- Catalogue reference
- Recorded
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- Recorded
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Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 155, nr. 1903
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 38, nr. 3
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 2584, pl. 90, pic. 2584
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 793, pl. 54, pic. 793
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