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Home > Troas > Assos Assos Assos (AD 69-79) AE 18 - Vespasian481 viewsVespasian, 69-79 AD. AE18 (3.72g). Laureate head right / helmeted head of Athena right. Very rare. gVF. Assos (AD 105-117) AE 19 - Plotina408 viewsPlotina, Augusta, 105-117 AD. AE19 (5.2g). Draped bust right / veiled female figure standing facing holding Cista Mystica. VF. Assos (AD 177-192) AE 41 - Commodus1149 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE41 - Medallion (42.77g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust R, viewed from the back / [...] KLA[...]-OLAD-A around, ASSIWN in exergue, Commodus in triumphal quadriga left, holding branch, preceeded by Roma or Victory; trophy and two captives on platform behind. Probably the third known specimen. From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Harlan J. Berk 131 (4/2003), lot 531. Kraft, pl. 88, 14a-b notes that the obverse die used to strike this coin was also used to strike medallions for Pergamum and Mytilene, and that the Mytilene medallion uses the same reverse type as on this coin. Assos (BC 27-AD 14) AE 16 - Augustus695 viewsAugustus, 27 BC -14 AD. AE19 (3.71g, 12h). Bare head right / Griffin reclining right. VF, brown surfaces, light overall roughness. Ex Prideaux Coll. Assos (BC 300-241) AE708 viewsca 300-241 BC. AE (0.83g). Head of Athena right, wearing Attic helmet / Griffin sitting left, ΑΣΣΙ above, club below. Assos (BC 300-241) AE617 viewsca 300-241 BC. AE (1.25g). Head of Athena left, wearing Attic helmet / Griffin sitting left, ΑΣΣΙ above. Black patina, VF. Assos (BC 300-241) AE 11331 viewsca 400-241 BC. AE11 (1.48g). Helmeted and laureate head of Athena right / AΣΣI; griffin seated left. gVF. Assos (BC 300-241) AE 13341 views3rd century BC. AE13 (1.69g). Helmeted laureate head of Athena right / ΑΣΣΙ, griffin reclining left. gVF. Assos (BC 300-250) AE 16729 viewsca 300-250 BC. AE16 (3.40g, 6h). Helmeted head of Athena right / Griffin seated left, ΑΣΣΙ above, bukranion below. Assos (BC 300-250) AE 16644 viewsca 400-241 BC. AE16 (4.3g). Helmeted head of Athena right, decorated with olive wreath / Griffin seated left on ground line, ΑΣΣΙ above, kerykeion (caduceus) below. VF. Assos (BC 300-250) AE 17659 viewsca 300-250 BC. AE17 (3.70g). Helmeted head of Athena right / Griffin seated left, ΑΣΣΙ above, kerykeion (caduceus) below. Dark green patina, VF. Righetti Coll. Assos (BC 300-250) AE 19222 viewsca 300-250 BC. AE19 (7.97g). Helmeted head of Athena right / Griffin seated left, ΑΣΣΙ above, kerykeion (caduceus) below. VF. Assos (BC 300-250) AE 20659 views4th-mid 3rd century BC. AE20 (7.15g). Helmeted head of Athena right; countermark: griffin seated left, ΑΣΣΙ below / Griffin seated left; countermark: owl standing facing. Fine, dark green patina. Assos (BC 350) Drachm910 viewsca 350 BC. AR Drachm (2.83g). Head of Athena left, wearing Attic helmet / ΑΣ-Σ-ΟΝ, Head of bull facing (bucranium), within shallow incuse square. VF. Very rare. Ex Pozzi Coll. (Ars Classica 1, 1920), 2270; ex Lockett Coll. (Glendining, 2/1961), 2209, and "Distinguished American Collection" (Peus 332, 1991), 186. Assos (BC 350) Drachm1092 viewsca 4th cent BC. AR Drachm (14mm, 3.12g). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with olive wreath / Bucranium. Good VF, porous. Scarce. Assos (BC 350) Drachm1025 views4th century BC. AR Drachm (3.05g, 1h). Helmeted head of Athena left / ΑΣ-ΣI-ΟΝ, facing bucranium. VF, porous. Rare. Assos (BC 350) Drachm363 views4th-3rd century BC. AR Drachm (3.00g, 15 mm). Helmeted head of Athena left / AΣΣION, facing bucranium, to left grape bunch. VF. Assos (BC 350) Drachm408 viewsca 4th-mid 3rd century BC. AR Drachm (14mm, 3.20g, 12h). Head of Athena to left, wearing crested Attic helmet with olive branch on the bowl, pendant earring and necklace / Bukranion, ΑΣΣIΟΝ around. aEF, dark 'find' patina. Very Rare. Assos (BC 350) Hemidrachm566 viewsca 350 BC. AR Diobol (1.5g, 11mm). Helmeted head of Athena left / ΑΣΣΙΟΝ, bucranium. VF. Assos (BC 350) Hemidrachm489 views4th-3rd century BC. AR Hemidrachm (10mm, 1.51g). Helmeted head of Athena left / AΣΣI, facing boukranion; grain ear to right. gVF. Rare. Given the weight of this specimen, it seems much more likely that the type was actually a triobol rather than a diobol, with the weight of the obol appearing to be ~0.5g, and the weight of the drachm to be ~3.0g. Assos (BC 350) Hemidrachm344 views4th-3rd century BC. AR Triobol? (11mm, 1.37g). Helmeted head of Athena right / AΣΣI-ON, head of lion right within incuse square. VF. Extremely rare. Assos (BC 350) Hemidrachm317 viewsca 400-241 BC. AR Triobol - Hemidrachm (10mm, 1.25g). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with olive wreath / ΑΣ-ΣΙ-ΟΝ, facing boukranion, grape bunch to right. Assos (BC 350) Hemidrachm138 views4th-3rd century BC. AR Diobol (10mm, 1.13g). Helmeted head of Athena left / AΣΣION, head of lion right within incuse circle. VF. Very rare. Assos (BC 350) Tetrobol 328 views4th-3rd century BC. AR Tetrobol (2.24g, 16mm]. Helmeted head of Athena right / AΣΣION, facing boukranion, lightning bolt to left. Very fine, some traces of cleaning. Assos (BC 350) Tetrobol258 views4th-3rd century BC. AR Tetrobol (14mm, 2.50g). Wreathed and helmeted head of Athena right / AΣΣION, facing boukranion; thunderbolt to left. VF. Very rare. Assos (BC 350-300) AE 9504 viewsca 350-300 BC. AE9 (1.45g). Helmeted head of Athena left / Bucranium, [Α]Σ-ΣΙ. VF, black patina. Assos (BC 350-300) AE 9383 viewsca 4th-3rd century BC. AE9 (1.16g, 12h). Helmeted head of Athena left / Bucranium. VF, green patina. Assos (BC 350-300) AE 10763 viewsca 350-300 BC. AE10 (1.36g). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with olive wreath / Bucranium, ΑΣ-ΣΙ; AP[TA]? above. EF, black patina. Assos (BC 350-300) AE 11583 views4th-3rd century BC. AE11 (1.10g). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet / Bucranium, ΑΣ-ΣΙ, grape bunch (?) above. aEF, dark green patina. Rare. Assos (BC 350-300) AE 14206 viewsca 4th century BC. AE14 (2.80g). Facing boukranion; AV monogram above / ΑΣΣΙ[...], serpent coiled right. VF. Extremely rare and apparently unpublished. Assos (BC 420-375) AE 6563 viewslate 5th-early 4th century BC. AE6 (0.45g). Head of lion right / Griffin right. Assos (BC 420-375) AE 8486 views4th century BC. AE8 (0.68g, 4h). Griffin seated right / Roaring lion's head right. Good VF, dark brown patina. Alighieri Coll. The attribution of this coin to Assos is based on its similarity to obols struck during the same period. Assos (BC 420-375) AE 8300 views4th century BC. AE8 (0.66g). Griffin seated right / Roaring lion's head right. VF. Assos (BC 420-380) Obol732 views4th-3rd century BC. AR Obol (0.5g, 9mm). Female head left / A-T, head of griffin right within dotted border in incuse square. VF. Assos (BC 420-380) Obol493 views5th-4th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.31g, 7mm). Head of Apollo left / Head of griffin left within linear square. EF. Rare. Assos (BC 420-380) Obol434 views5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.42g). Veiled (?) female head left/ ΑΣΣ-ΟΟΝ, griffin right within square linear border within incuse square. VF. Very rare. The legend allows the assignment of related types. A little later, the same iconography has been assigned to uncertain Lycian dynasts (Traité 245, BMC Lycia 100, Gorny & Mosch 200 (2011), 1926). Presumably, the bronze coins with female/griffin, which were previously set thought from Phocaea (SNG Cop Ionia 1031f.), are minted in Assos. Assos (BC 420-380) Obol318 views4th-3rd centuries BC. AR Obol (8mm, 0.40g, 3h). Helmeted head of Athena left / Head of griffin right in dotted square border within incuse square. VF, toned, porous. Extremely rare. Assos (BC 420-380) Obol340 viewsca 350 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.40g, 7mm). Female head (Nymph) right / Head of griffin right within dotted border in incuse square. VF. Rare. Assos (BC 420-380) Obol370 views5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (6mm, 0.4g). Veiled female head left / Griffin right, A to left, in dotted linear square within incuse square. VF. Very rare. Assos (BC 420-380) Obol354 views5th century BC. AR Obol (0.4g, 7mm). Female head right / Head of griffin left within linear border in incuse square. VF. Assos (BC 420-380) Obol314 views5th century BC. AR Obol (0.4g, 8mm). Female head right / Head of griffin right, ivy leaf (?) to right, within dotted square border in incuse square. VF. Assos (BC 420-380) Obol312 views4th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.37g, 7mm). Female head left / Head and neck of griffin left within linear border. VF. Rare. Assos (BC 420-380) Obol209 views5th century BC. AR Obol (?) (7mm, 0.47g). Forepart of griffin left / Head of griffin left within linear square border with grid-like pattern; all within incuse square. VF. Rare. Assos (BC 420-380) Obol152 views5th-4th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.35g, 7mm). Female head left/ Griffin right, ivy leaf to right, within dotted linear square within incuse square. VF. Assos (BC 450-400) Drachm427 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Drachm (3.36g, 15mm, 7h). Helmeted head of Athena left / Head of lion left; A-Σ-ΣO-O-N around; all within incuse square. VF, toned, granular surfaces. Very rare. Assos (BC 450-400) Drachm153 views450-400 BC. AR Drachm (14mm, 3.43g). Helmeted head of Athena left / Head of lion left. aVF. Assos (BC 450-400) Drachm441 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Drachm (15mm, 3.61g, 1h). Helmeted head of Athena left, bowl of helmet decorated with laurel wreath / Head of lion left; AΣΣOON around; all within incuse square. EF. Very rare. Assos (BC 450-400) Drachm229 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Drachm (12mm, 3.13g). Helmeted head of Athena left / Head of lion with open jaws left, AΣΣ-O-O-N around, all within incuse square. VF. Assos (BC 450-400) Hemidrachm646 views4th-3rd centuries BC. AR Triobol (12mm, 1.42g, 12h). Helmeted head of Athena left / Head of lion left within incuse square. Near VF, toned, porous. Extremely rare. Assos (BC 450-400) Hemidrachm446 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Triobol (1.75g, 14 mm). Helmeted head of Athena left / AΣΣΙΟN (retrograde), head of roaring lion left within incuse square. gVF. Rare. Assos (BC 450-400) Hemidrachm437 views450-400 BC. AR Triobol (12mm, 1.73g). Helmeted head of Athena left / AΣΣΙΟN (retrograde), head of lion left within incuse square. VF. Rare. Assos (BC 450-400) Hemidrachm244 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Triobol – Hemidrachm (11mm, 1.77g, 1h). Helmeted head of Athena left / Head of lion left; A-ΣΣI-O-O retrograde around; all within incuse square. VF, toned, minor porosity, a few marks. Very rare. Assos (BC 450-400) Hemiobol517 views5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (6mm, 0.19g, 6h). Griffin seated right / Head of roaring lion right, within incuse square. VF, porous. Rare and apparently unpublished. Assos (BC 450-400) Hemiobol504 viewsca 500-450 BC. AR Hemiobol (7mm, 0.23g, 11h). Griffin right / Lion’s head right within incuse square. Good VF, porous. Assos (BC 450-400) Obol2487 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Obol (0.56g). Griffin seated right / Lion's head right, ΑΣΣ-Ο-Ο-Ν, within incuse square. VF, light porosity. Very rare early issue, unpublished with full ethnic. Assos (BC 450-400) Obol828 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Obol (0.55g). Griffin walking right / No ethnic, lion's head right within incuse square. VF, light porosity. Very rare early issue, unpublished without an ethnic. Assos (BC 450-400) Obol821 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.52g). Griffin walking right / Lion's head right within incuse square. VF, porosity. Assos (BC 450-400) Obol515 views5th century BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.48g, 3h). Griffin seated right / Lion’s head right ΑΣΣ (retrograde) above, within incuse square. VF, toned, light porosity. Assos (BC 450-400) Obol741 views5th century BC. AR Obol (10mm, 0.53g). Griffin leaping right / Head of roaring lion right in incuse square. VF. Assos (BC 450-400) Obol677 views5th century BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.59g). Griffin leaping right / Head of roaring lion right within incuse square. VF. Scarce. Assos (BC 450-420) Obol1100 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Obol (0.56g). Griffin seated left / Lion's head left, Α-Σ above, within incuse square. VF, light porosity. Very rare early issue. Assos (BC 450-420) Obol460 viewsca 479-450 BC. AR Obol (0.42g, 9mm). Griffin seated left / Lion’s head left in incuse square. VF. Rare early issue. Assos (BC 460-440) Hemidrachm338 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.57g, 10mm). Griffin leaping right / Head of roaring lion right in incuse square. Nearly very fine. Assos (BC 460-440) Trihemiobol?393 viewsca 500-450 BC. AR Diobol (?) (11mm, 0.88g). Griffin seated right, raising forepaw / Head of roaring lion right within incuse square. VF. Rare. Assos (BC 500-450) Drachm278 viewsca 500-450 BC. AR Drachm (15mm, 3.74g). Griffin seated left, raising forepaw / Head of lion right within incuse square. aVF. Very rare. Assos (BC 500-450) Drachm202 viewsca 500-450 BC. AR Drachm (13mm, 3.26g). Griffin seated left, raising forepaw / Head of lion right within incuse square. gF. Very rare.     66 coins on 1 page(s)