Ancient Coinage of Troas, Assos

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CIVIC AND SEMI-AUTONOMOUS COINAGE
BMC 1Assos, Troas, AR drachm, Chian standard. 479-450 BC. 12.5 mm, 3.47 g. Griffin recumbent left, one paw raised. / Head of roaring lion right in incuse. BMC 1; Boston MFA I 1626; Warren 1040; Thomas 2971.TextImage
BMC 3Assos, Troas, AR obol, 7mm, 0.23 g, ca 500-450 BC. Griffin right / No legend, lion’s head right within incuse square. BMC 3.TextImage
BMC 8Troas, Assos. ca 400-241 BC. AE10mm. Head of Athena right, in crested Attic helmet decorated with olive wreath / AΣ-ΣI, bucranium; AΡTA above. SNGvA 1496.TextImage
CNG 287, 128Assos, Troas. AR obol, 4th-3rd c. BC, 8mm, 0.40 g. Helmeted head of Athena left / AΣΣ.., Head of griffin right in dotted square border within incuse square. Unpublished. CNG 287, 128.TextImage
Jameson 1394Assos, Troas. ca 479-450 BC. AR Obol 0.56 gm. griffin sitting right / AΣΣ-O-O-N, lion's head right within incuse square. Jameson 1394; Weber 2552.TextImage
Jameson 2229Assos, Troas. AR tetrobol. ca 400 BC. 14 mm, 2.63 g. Laureate helmeted head of Athena right. / Cult image of Athena Ilias standing left, polos on head, holding distaff and spear, rose in lower left field. Jameson 2229; Vautier Coll. 802 (Naville 1922).TextImage
Nomos 22, 313Assos, Troas. AR hemiobol. 450-400 BC. 7 mm, 0.27 g. Crested Corinthian helmet left. / AΣ to right of crested Corinthian helmet right. Apparently unpublished. Nomos 22, 313.TextImage
Rosen 528Assos, Troas, AR obol, 9mm, 0.51 g. 5th c. BC. Griffin sitting right / AΣΣ(I) (A inverted) above lion’s head right in incuse square. Rosen 528 (but legend omitted); Traité II 2299.TextImage
SNG Cop 230Assos, Troas, AE15, 4th-mid 3rd c BC. Helmeted head of Athena right; countermark: bucranium / AΣΣI, griffin sitting left; spear-head below. SNG Copenhagen 230; Hunter 2.TextImage
SNG Cop 230 (2)Assos, Troas, AE19, 400-241 BC. 7 g. Laureate and helmeted head of Athena right. / AΣΣI, griffin recumbent left, spear-head below. SNG Cop 230; Hunter 2.TextImage
SNG Cop 241Troas, Assos AE 9mm. Circa 400-241 BC. Helmeted head of Athena right / Bucranium. TextImage
SNG Munich 151Assos, Troas, 4th-mid 3rd century BC. AR Drachm, 3.05 g. Helmeted head of Athena left / AΣΣION, bucranium. SNG München 151; SNG Copenhagen 226-227.TextImage
SNG vA 1496Assos, Troas, AE 1.34gr, 4-3 C. BC. Helmeted head of Athena right / AΣΣI AΡTA, bucranium. SNG Von Aulock 1496; SNG Leipzig 1111; BMC 8.TextImage
SNG vA 7587Assos, Troas, AE10, 0.80 gr. 400-241 BC. Helmeted head of Athena right / AΣΣI, griffin sitting left, bee below. SNG von Aulock 7587.TextImage
Traite 2300 varAssos, Troas, ca. 479-450 BC. AR Obol 0.56 gm). griffin sitting left / A-Σ, lion's head left within incuse square. Traite 2300 var (has only A on rev).TextImage
Traite 2304Assos, Troas, AR trihemiobol, 4-3 c. BC, 12mm, 1.42 g. Helmeted head of Athena left / AΣΣOO, Head of lion left within incuse square. Traité II 2304.TextImage
Weber 2552Assos, Troas. 479-450 BC. 0.52 gr, 8.82 mm. Griffin sitting right / No legend, head of roaring lion right, within incuse square. Jameson 1394; Weber 2552; BMC 3; Sear -.TextImage
Weber 5237Assos, Troas, AE19. 4th-mid 3rd c. BC. Helmeted head of Athena right / AΣΣI, griffin sitting left. No symbol. Weber 5237; SNG von Aulock 7586.TextImage
Weber 5318Assos, Troas, ca. 479-450 BC. AR Obol 0.55 gm. Griffin right / A above lion's head right within incuse square. Weber 5318; BMC 3.TextImage
Weber 5319Assos, Troas, AE8mm, 479-450 BC. Griffin sitting right / Roaring lion's head right. Weber 5319.TextImage
Weber 5322Assos, Troas, AR tetrobol. 400-241 BC. 15 mm, 2.53 g. Head of Athena right, wearing laureate helmet. / AΣΣION, bull's head facing. Thunderbolt in left field. Weber 5322 (with note about the correction of the plate coins 5321 and 5322).TextImage
JULIA TITI
RPC 899Julia Titi AE20 of Troas, Assus. IOYΛIA AYΓYCTA, draped bust right / AΣΣONI, griffin reclining left.TextImage
COMMODUS
Assos NS 13-062Commodus, AE43 of Assos, Troas. 44.92 g. Magistrate Tiberius Claudius Aristodamus. (AYTO KAI M) AYΡ KOMOΔOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / EΠI CTΡA TIB KΛ AΡIC TOΔOMOY ACCIΩN around and beneath emperor, in military dress, standing left, pointing at a trophy to left, bound captive at its base. Assos Archive NS 13-062.TextImage
BMC 25Commodus, AE24 of Assos, Troas. AD 177–192. 6.35 gr. AY K Λ AI KOMOΔOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / KΡINAKIΔHC ACCIΩ, coiled serpent on altar, head right. BMC 25.TextImage
Kraft 88.14cCommodus AE41 of Assos, Troas. AD 180-184. Magistrate T. Kl. Aristolaos. 42.77 g. AYTO KAI M AYΡH KOMOΔOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / EΠI CTΡ TIB KΛ AΡICTOΛAΔA ACCIΩN, emperor, holding palm-branch, standing in slow quadriga left, led by a figure carrying military standard, trophy on base with two captives in the background. Kraft 88, 14c; BMC 1897-5-3-2; Zograph in ZfN 1926; RPC online 2457.TextImage
See also: Entry for Troas, Assos on the Digital Historia Numorum
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