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cn coin 27254

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CN Type 5359 🔍

Mint
Sigeion 🔍  

Region: Troas  

Date

c. 350-325 BC

Classical/Hellenistic Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Head of Athena three-quarter facing right, wearing triple-crested helmet.
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Reverse
Legend
ΣΙΓΕ
Design
Owl standing right.
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Symbol
crescent (position: top left)
Metrology
Denomination
Hemisiglos 🔍  
Standard: Persian
Material
silver 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 16.1 mm / Min: 15.3 mm
Weight
2.53 g
Owner

British Museum, Department of Coins and Medals, London, gb ❐

Provenience: Thomas III.2013

Public Commentary

Diameter after plaster cast

Citation

Wroth, A catalogue of the Greek coins in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Greek coins of Troas, Aeolis and Lesbos, Bologna 1964 p. 86, nr. 1, pl. XVI, pic. 5  ❐

Six, Monnaies grecques, inédites et incertaines. 14, 1894 p. 306, nr. 1  (This coin mentioned.)  ❐

Literature

Babelon, Catalogue de la collection De Luynes: monnayes grecques, Sala Bolognese 1977 p. 27, nr. 2517, pl. XCIV, pic. 2517 ❐

Babelon, Catalogue de la collection De Luynes: monnayes grecques, Sala Bolognese 1977 p. 27, nr. 2517, pl. XCIV, pic. 2517 ❐

Wroth, A catalogue of the Greek coins in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Greek coins of Troas, Aeolis and Lesbos, Bologna 1964 p. 86, nr. 1, pl. XVI, pic. 5 ❐

Six, Monnaies grecques, inédites et incertaines. 14, 1894 p. 306, nr. 1 ❐

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