Dardanos, bronze (CN type 3980)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 50 v. Chr.-50 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
TroasCoin type in bronze struck at Dardanos in Troas dated ca. 50 v. Chr.-50 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 3980. Obverse: Eagle standing left on palm-branch, head right, wings spread, holding wreath in beak. Reverse: Herm, facing.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 15.6–16.3 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 2.12 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Dardanos
- Region
- Troas
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Eagle standing left on palm-branch, head right, wings spread, holding wreath in beak.
- Reverse type
- Herm, facing.
- Obverse legend
- ΔΑΡΔΑ
- Reverse legend
- ΔΑΡΔΑΝΙΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3980
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 3980
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. 626, nr. 218, pl. VIII, pic. 1
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution