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cn type 20304

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Assos 🔍  

Region: Troas  

Date

c. 479-440 BC

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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
Max: 9.5 mm / Min: 8.9 mm
Average Weight
0.52 g (3x)
Axes
11 (1x)
Citation

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 type 20304, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/20304 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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