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Home > Troas > Dardanos Dardanos Dardanos (AD 14-37) AE 19 - Tiberius970 viewsTiberius. AD 14-37. Æ 19mm (4.90 g). ΣEBAΣ KAIΣAΡ, laureate head right / ΔAΡΔANEΩN, cult statue of Athena of Ilium facing. Near VF, brown patina. Apparently unique. Drewry Coll.; Ex Henry Lindgren Coll. As the obverse legend is ambiguous, this could also be an issue of Augustus. Dardanos (AD 117-138) AE 21572 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AE21 (Semis?) (4.53g). AV KAI CEBA[...] - TRAIANOC ADRIANOC, draped, cuirassed and laureate bust right / DARDAN - WN, eagle with spread wings facing, head left, carrying away Ganymedes, who wears chlamys and Phrygian bonnet, and holds pedum in right hand. Very rare, about VF, some roughness. Probably unpublished. Hoeft coll. This is the counterpart to Bellinger T136 from Ilion. Dardanos (AD 198-209) AE 25 - Geta581 viewsGeta, as Caesar, 198-209 AD. AE25 (12.22g). Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right / Ganymede holding pedum, carried away by eagle flying left. VF, grey-brown patina. Dardanos (AD 198-209) AE 26 – Geta329 viewsGeta, as Caesar, 198-209 AD. AE26 (9.96g). Π CЄΠTIM ΓЄTAC KAI, bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΔAPΔANIΩN, Aeneas advancing right, head left, holding Anchises on shoulder and leading Ascanius. Very rare. VF. Dardanos (AD 198-217) AE - Caracalla808 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE (18.01g). AYT K M AYP - ANTONINOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΔAPΔANIΩN, youth in military uniform riding right on horseback holding spear over shoulder holding cult statue and poppy in extended right. Dark green patina. Good very fine. Dardanos (AD 200-300) AE 222690 views3rd cent AD. AE22 (5.50g). AV-G DARD, turreted head of Tyche right / COLAVG - TRO, grazing horse right. Full dark-green patina, good VF. RRR! Dardanos (BC 27-AD 14) AE 16 - Augustus399 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE16 (2.04g). Bare head of Augustus right / ΔAΡΔA, Athena Ilias standing right. aVF. Rare. Dardanos (BC 27-AD 14) AE 16 - Augustus366 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE16 (2.84g). Bare head right / ΔAPΔA, helmeted head of Athena right. VF. Dardanos (BC 200-50) AE 16582 views2nd-1st centuries BC. AE16 (4.00g, 12h). Diademed and bearded male head (Zeus?) right / Horseman galloping right. VF, dark green patina, a few deposits. Wagner Coll. Dardanos (BC 300-100) AE 14221 views3rd-2nd century BC. AE14 (1.82g, 12h). Head of Hera(?) facing / ΔΑΡ, warrior (Hektor?) standing left, foot on prow, supporting shield and holding spear. Seemingly unpublished, perhaps unique. Brown patina, some roughness, aVF. There is only one mint in the ancient Greek world whose name begins ΔΑΡ - Dardanos in the Troad. The coinage of Dardanos is scarce, and nearly all known types depict either cocks or horsemen, or a combination of both, until the very final issues struck during the late third and second centuries BC. This type appears to be completely new for the mint. The identification of the hero on the reverse is not certain, but other (albeit later) issues from the region do depict the hero Hektor in similar poses (see, e.g, Bellinger, Troy T162-4 and T212 [Ilium]). Dardanos (BC 349-300) AE 659 viewslater 4th century BC. AE (1.95g). Philokra..., magistrate. Horseman riding right, wearing petasos and cape, holding spear; ΦΙΛΟΚΡ (magistrate) below / Rooster standing right, head left, ΔΑΡ above. Good VF. Rare. Dardanos (BC 349-300) AE 9320 views4th century BC. AE9 (1.39g, 6h). Horseman riding right / Cock standing right; star to upper left. VF, dark green patina. Dardanos (BC 349-300) AE 11604 viewslater 4th century BC. AE11 (1.58g). Horseman right, spear in hand; monogram below / Cock standing right, looking left, ΔΑΡ to left above. Nice VF, dark color patina. Dardanos (BC 350) AE 9510 viewsca 350 BC. AE9 (0.75g). Horseman right / Cock standing right, grain-seed above. VF, a little rough, orange-brown patina. Dardanos (BC 350) AE 10564 viewsca 4th century BC. AE10 (1.30g). Horseman riding right, wearing petasos and cape, right hand raised / Rooster standing right; grain ear behind, ΔΑΡ to right, downward. Good VF, dark green patina. Dardanos (BC 350) AE 12562 viewsca 350 BC. AE12 (1.90g). Horseman galloping right, wearing petasos and cape, right hand raised / Cock standing right, facing right; ΔΑΡ above, monogram to right. Nice VF. Rare. Dardanos (BC 350) AE 12847 viewsca 350 BC. AE12 (3.07g). Horseman galloping right, wearing petasos, right hand raised / Cock standing right, facing right; ΔΑΡ to right, monogram? to left. Dardanos (BC 350) AE 12479 views4th century BC. AE12 (3.18g). Horseman galloping right, wearing petasos and chlamys / ΔΑΡ, rooster standing right. gVF. Dardanos (BC 350) AE 12243 views4th century BC. AE12 (1.73g). Horseman galloping right, wearing petasos and chlamys / ΔΑΡ, rooster standing left; spear head over crescent (?) to right. VF. Dardanos (BC 350) AE 13325 views4th century BC. AE13 (2.67g). Horseman galloping right, wearing petasos and chlamys / ΔΑ-Ρ, rooster standing right, star to right. VF. Dardanos (BC 350) AE 13267 viewsca 400-300 BC. AE13 (1.7g) Warrior riding right, holding spear; owl (?) below / ΔΑΡΔ, uncertain (floral?) depiction. gVF. Apparently unpublished type. Dardanos (BC 350) AE 15324 views4th century BC. AE15 (3.78g). Warrior on horse riding right / Cock standing left, head lowered in attitude of attack; above ΔAP, below female head facing left. Good very fine. Dardanos (BC 350) AE 20585 views4th cent BC. AE20 (7.75g). Horseman galloping right, wearing petasos and chlamys / Cock standing right, facing right; in field to right, Athena Promachos with shield and spear standing right. Dark green patina, thick flan, VF/gVF. Rare. Gutknecht coll. Dardanos (BC 350) AE 21316 views4th century BC. AE21 (6.65g). Horseman galloping right, wearing petasos and chlamys / Rooster standing right; ΔAΡ to right, barley ear to left. VF. Dardanos (BC 400-300) Triobol962 viewsca 4th cent BC. AR Triobol (2.49g). Rider on horse galloping right / Cock standing right, [...]ΙΤΙΜΩΝΑΚΤ[...] (magistrate). VF. Very rare. Dardanos (BC 400-300) Triobol1363 views4th century BC. AR Triobol (13mm, 2.58g, 12h). Lepton, magistrate. Horseman riding right; trident head below / Cock standing right; EΠI ΛEΠTΩN to right. Good VF, toned, very light porosity. Very rare. Dardanos (BC 420-380) Diobol657 viewsca late 5th century BC. AR Diobol (1.13g). Horseman riding left / Two roosters facing each other, ΔA to right, P (?) to left; all within incuse square. Unpublished? Dardanos (BC 420-380) Hemiobol432 viewsLate 5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.27g, 8mm, 9h). Horseman riding left / Cock standing left [within incuse square]. VF, light porosity. Rare. Dardanos (BC 420-380) Obol688 viewsca end of 5th-4th cent BC. AR Obol (0.63g). Horseman left / Cock in shallow incuse square. Toned, VF. Dardanos (BC 420-380) Obol624 viewsca late 5th cent BC. AR Obol (0.50g). Horseman riding left / Cock standing left within incuse square. Fine, porous. Dardanos (BC 420-380) Obol410 views4th-3rd century BC. AR Obol (7mm, 0.43g, 8h). Horseman riding left / Cock standing left within incuse square; pellet above; all within incuse square. VF, toned. Dardanos (BC 420-380) Obol348 views4th-3rd centuries BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.64g, 12h). Horseman riding left / Cock standing left within incuse square. Near VF, darkly toned. Scarce. Dardanos (BC 420-380) Tetartemorion266 views5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (7mm, 0.13g). Forepart of horse left / Cock standing left within incuse square. aVF. Very rare. Dardanos (BC 420-380) Tetartemorion213 views5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (6mm, 0.15g). Forepart of horse left / Cock standing left within incuse square. gVF. Dardanos (BC 450-400) Obol197 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Obol (0.7g, 8mm). Standing rooster facing right / Panther head facing within dotted circle incuse. Dardanos (BC 450-420) Hemiobol164 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.27g, 6mm). Head of cock facing left / Diagonally criss-crossed pattern. Extremely rare. Apparently unpublished. The corresponding obol with a cross-hatch reverse design features a cock standing left, rather than just the head as on this coin. Dardanos (BC 450-420) Obol806 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Obol (0.61g). Cock standing left / Diagonally criss-crossed pattern. Toned VF. Dardanos (BC 450-420) Obol531 views5th century BC. AR Obol (0.70g). Cock standing left / Diagonally criss-crossed pattern. aVF. Dardanos (BC 450-420) Obol749 views5th century BC. AR Obol (0.59g). Cockerel standing left / Striated concave surface. Extremely rare. Lovely iridescent tone and extremely fine. Dardanos (BC 470-440) Diobol896 viewsca 521-478 BC. AR Trihemiobol (10mm, 1.38g, 6h). Forepart of winged boar right / Incuse helmet. Good VF, toned, some porosity. Extremely rare, perhaps the second known.1 comments Dardanos (BC 470-440) Diobol636 views6th-5th century BC. AR Diobol (1.39g). Head of rooster facing right / Facing panther head in incuse square. Apparently unpublished. Very rare, lightly toned. Dardanos (BC 470-440) Diobol231 viewsca 470-440 BC. AR Diobol (9mm, 1.30g). Head of rooster facing right / Facing panther head in incuse square. Dardanos (BC 470-440) Hemiobol272 views6th-5th century BC. AR Hemiobol(?) (8mm, 0.4g). Cock standing left on back of hen standing left, preparing to mate / Incuse head of lion or panther left. Apparently second known. VF. Dardanos (BC 470-440) Hemiobol246 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.46g, 8mm). Rooster facing right, head lowered, standing on branch / Confronted heads (of bulls?) forming facing head (of lion or panther?) in incuse. Extremely rare, very fine. Apparently unpublished. Dardanos (BC 470-440) Obol759 views6th-5th century BC. AR Obol(?) (9mm, 0.73g, 9h). Cock standing left on back of hen standing left, preparing to mate / Incuse head of lion(?) left. Apparently unpublished. VF, toned. Dardanos (BC 470-440) Tetartemorion480 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (7mm, 0.12g, 12h). Cock standing left / Incuse calf's head right. VF, toned. Very rare. Dardanos (BC 470-440) Tetartemorion523 viewsca 475-450 BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.16g). Cock standing left / Incuse calf's head left. VF. Very rare. Mueller Coll. Dardanos (BC 470-440) Tetartemorion333 viewsca 475-450 BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.22g, 7mm, 4h). Cock standing left / Incuse head of calf left. VF, toned, minor porosity. Dardanos (BC 480-450) Trihemiobol656 viewsca 480-450 BC. AR Trihemiobol (1.13g). Cock standing right / Incuse head of horse. VF/EF. Extremely rare. Dardanos (BC 480-450) Trihemiobol465 views5th century BC. AR Trihemiobol (1.08g, 6h). Cock standing right / Incuse horse head left. Peus 368, lot 178; Giessener Münzhandlung 90, lot 300; otherwise unpublished. Good Fine, toned, minor porosity. Although the attribution of this issue is not certain, Dardanos is the only mint to feature these types on its coinage (cf. SNG Copenhagen 282 and 298). Dardanos (BC 480-450) Trihemiobol399 viewsca 480-450 BC. AR Trihemiobol (9mm, 1.12g). Cock standing right / Incuse head of horse. VF, toned, minor porosity. Very Rare. Dardanos (BC 480-450) Trihemiobol526 views5th century BC. AR Trihemiobol(?) (1.16g, 8mm, 12h). Cock standing right / Incuse head of horse left. VF, small die break in field on obverse. Extremely rare. Dardanos (BC 480-450) Trihemiobol271 views5th century BC. AR Trihemiobol (9mm, 1.03g, 2h). Cock standing right; star above / Incuse horse head left. Near VF, some deposits. Apparently unpublished and possibly unique. Although the attribution of this issue is not certain, Dardanos is the only mint to feature these types on its coinage (cf. SNG Cop. 282 and 298). Dardanos (BC 490-440) Drachm?336 viewsLate 6th-early 5th century BC. AR Drachm (3.66g, 14mm, 7h). Head of bull right / Incuse gorgoneion. CNG 100, 1441 (same obv. die?); otherwise unpublished in the standard references. Near Extremely Fine. Apparently the second (and finest) known example. Dardanos (BC 490-440) Tetrobol?233 views5th century BC. AR Tetrobol (12.5mm, 2.11g, 11h). Head of bull right / Incuse gorgoneion. Good VF, slightly off center, some porosity. For similar issues likely related to the present type, cf. SNG München 173 (Dardanos); Klein 304 (Dardanos); CNG 90, lot 575 (Dardanos); CNG 85, lot 409 (Mytilene); Gorny & Mosch 186, lot 1336 (Klazomenai). Dardanos (BC 490-440) Tetrobol?236 viewsLate 6th-early 5th century BC. AR Tetrobol (14mm, 2.83g, 5h). Head of bull right / Incuse gorgoneion. Unpublished in the standard references, but for similar issues, cf. SNG München 173 (Dardanos); Klein 304 (Dardanos); CNG 90, lot 575 (Dardanos); CNG 85, lot 409 (Mytilene); Gorny & Mosch 186, lot 1336 (Klazomenai). VF, lightly toned, granular surfaces. Extremely rare. Dardanos (BC 500) Drachm329 viewsca 550-500 BC. AR Drachm (5.38g, 16mm). Cockerel standing to right; four pellets in stellate pattern behind, two pellets before / Two incuse punches of unequal size. gVF. Apparently unpublished and possibly unique. A fascinating piece that undoubtedly represents the earliest known coinage of Dardanos. A.F. Coll., Germany. Dardanos (BC 500) Obol548 viewsca 500 BC. AR Obol (0.79g). Cock standing right / Quadripartite incuse square. Toned VF, slightly rough. Dardanos (BC 500) Obol558 views5th century BC. AR Obol (8mm, 0.62g). Cock standing right / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, some porosity. Alighieri Coll. Dardanos (BC 500) Obol388 viewsca 500 BC. AR Obol (0.71g, 8mm). Head of cock right / Quadripartite incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references. Good VF, minor porosity. Dardanos (BC 500) Obol278 viewsLate 6th-early 5th century BC. AR Obol (8mm, 0.64g). Head of rooster right / Quadripartite incuse square. Extremely rare. Good very fine. Dardanos (BC 500) Tetartemorion307 views5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (6mm, 0.13g). Head of cock right / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Apparently unpublished. Dardanos (BC 500) Trihemiobol330 views5th century BC. AR Obol (8mm, 1.06g). Cock standing right, uncertain symbol above / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, light tone. Dardanos (BC 500) Trihemiobol475 views5th century BC. AR Trihemiobol (1.03g), ca 480 BC. Rooster standing right, sun/star to left / Rough incuse square. Unpublished save for its auction appearances and unique. Nicely toned. Good very fine. From the collections of R. Maly, LHS 100 (4/2007), 295, T. Kuyas, Münzen und Medaillen 41 (6/1970), 158, V. M. Brand, Hess-Leu 31 (12/1966), 414 and P. Lambros, Hirsch XXIX (11/1910), 677. Dardanos (BC 500-490) EL Stater1976 viewsca 500-490 BC. EL Stater (14.02g). Cock standing right, palmette above / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Very rare. Dardanos (BC 520) EL 1/12 Stater1681 viewsca 520 BC. EL 1/12 Stater - Hemihekte (1.11g). Cock standing right / Irregular incuse square. Very rare. Nearly extremely fine. Ex Leu 72 (5/1988), lot 259, and Aufhauser 4 (10/1987), lot 78.     66 coins on 1 page(s)