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cn coin 47359

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CN Type 20304 🔍

Mint
Assos 🔍  

Region: Troas  

Date

c. 479-440 BC

Classical Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Griffin leaping right, forepart and forpaws raised, with feathered wings, curling tail and open beak.
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Reverse
Legend
ΑΣΣΟΟΝ
Design
Head of lion, right, in incuse square
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Metrology
Denomination
Obol 🔍  
Standard: Chian
Material
silver 🔍  
Diameter
8.9 mm
Weight
0.53 g
Axis
11
Owner

Coll. H.I., , de

Literature

Lazzarini, Assus Troadis: the beginning of coinage and its later silver emissions in the V and IV century BC 2, 2017 p. 35, pic. 4.c ❐

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cn coin 47359, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_47359 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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