cn type 12363

Mint

Assos 🔍

Region: Troas

Date

c. 360-340 BC

Classical Period 🔍

Obverse

Design

Head of Athena left with Attic helmet, decorated with laurel wreath.
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Reverse

Legend

ΑΣΣΙΟΝ

Design

Bull's head facing.
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Symbol

grape (position: on the left)

Metrology

Denomination

drachm 🔍
Standard: reduced Chian

Material

silver 🔍

Diameter

Max: 15 mm / Min: 14 mm

Average Weight

2.81 g (6x)

Axes

4 (1x) 8 (1x) 10 (1x)

Public Commentary

For the chronology, see Ellis-Evans, Numismatic Chronicle 178 (2018), 35-42 (350s-340s BC). Cf. Lazzarini 2017, 38-39 (380-340 BC; drachm); Bloesch II, 43 no. 2717: 345-334 BC (Tetrobol); Babelon Traité II.2, 1269-1270 no. 2306: de 387 à 300 environ (tetrobol); Grose McClean III, 80 no. 7795: ca. 300 BC (tetrobol, Persic standard).

Citation

Babelon, Traité des monnaies grecques et romaines II.2, Paris 1910 p. 1269-1270, nr. 2306 ❐

Wroth, A catalogue of the Greek coins in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Greek coins of Troas, Aeolis and Lesbos, Bologna 1964 p. 37, nr. 5 ❐

Bloesch, Griechische Münzen in Winterthur, Winterthur 1987 p. 43, nr. 2717, pl. 122, pic. 2717 ❐

Grose, Catalogue of the McClean collection of Greek coins. 3: Asia Minor, farther Asia, Egypt, Africa, Cambridge 1929 p. 80, nr. 7795, pl. 269, pic. 17 ❐

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cn type 12363, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/12363 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/21]