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Home > Troas > Assos Last additions - Assos Assos (BC 450-400) Hemidrachm245 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.Jul 05, 2019 Assos (BC 450-400) Drachm231 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.Jul 05, 2019 Assos (BC 350) Drachm410 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. Jul 05, 2019 Assos (BC 450-400) Drachm443 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. Jul 05, 2019 Assos (BC 350) Tetrobol260 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.Jul 05, 2019 Assos (BC 450-400) Drachm155 views450-400 BC. AR Drachm (14mm, 3.43g). Helmeted head of Athena left / Head of lion left. aVF.Jul 05, 2019 Assos (BC 500-450) Drachm204 viewsca 500-450 BC. AR Drachm (13mm, 3.26g). Griffin seated left, raising forepaw / Head of lion right within incuse square. gF. Very rare.Jul 05, 2019 Assos (BC 500-450) Drachm280 viewsca 500-450 BC. AR Drachm (15mm, 3.74g). Griffin seated left, raising forepaw / Head of lion right within incuse square. aVF. Very rare. Jul 05, 2019 Assos (BC 350) Hemidrachm140 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.Jun 08, 2019 Assos (BC 350) Hemidrachm319 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.Sep 22, 2018 Assos (BC 420-380) Obol154 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. Aug 28, 2018 Assos (BC 350-300) AE 14208 viewsca 4th century BC. AE14 (2.80g). Facing boukranion; AV monogram above / ΑΣΣΙ[...], serpent coiled right. VF. Extremely rare and apparently unpublished.Jul 25, 2018 Assos (BC 350) Hemidrachm346 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.Feb 07, 2018 Assos (BC 300-241) AE 11333 viewsca 400-241 BC. AE11 (1.48g). Helmeted and laureate head of Athena right / AΣΣI; griffin seated left. gVF.Feb 05, 2018 Assos (BC 300-250) AE 19224 viewsca 300-250 BC. AE19 (7.97g). Helmeted head of Athena right / Griffin seated left, ΑΣΣΙ above, kerykeion (caduceus) below. VF.Feb 05, 2018 Assos (BC 300-241) AE 13343 views3rd century BC. AE13 (1.69g). Helmeted laureate head of Athena right / ΑΣΣΙ, griffin reclining left. gVF. Feb 05, 2018 Assos (BC 350) Hemidrachm490 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.Feb 05, 2018 Assos (BC 460-440) Trihemiobol?395 viewsca 500-450 BC. AR Diobol (?) (11mm, 0.88g). Griffin seated right, raising forepaw / Head of roaring lion right within incuse square. VF. Rare. Feb 05, 2018 Assos (BC 420-380) Obol210 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.Feb 05, 2018 Assos (BC 420-380) Obol313 views4th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.37g, 7mm). Female head left / Head and neck of griffin left within linear border. VF. Rare. Jul 17, 2017 Assos (BC 450-400) Hemidrachm438 views450-400 BC. AR Triobol (12mm, 1.73g). Helmeted head of Athena left / AΣΣΙΟN (retrograde), head of lion left within incuse square. VF. Rare.Jan 22, 2017 Assos (BC 460-440) Hemidrachm339 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.57g, 10mm). Griffin leaping right / Head of roaring lion right in incuse square. Nearly very fine.Dec 28, 2016 Assos (BC 450-400) Hemidrachm447 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.Sep 01, 2016 Assos (BC 350) Tetrobol 329 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.Aug 31, 2016 Assos (BC 350) Drachm364 views4th-3rd century BC. AR Drachm (3.00g, 15 mm). Helmeted head of Athena left / AΣΣION, facing bucranium, to left grape bunch. VF.Aug 31, 2016 Assos (BC 450-400) Drachm428 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.Mar 19, 2016 Assos (AD 69-79) AE 18 - Vespasian482 viewsVespasian, 69-79 AD. AE18 (3.72g). Laureate head right / helmeted head of Athena right. Very rare. gVF.May 30, 2015 Assos (BC 420-380) Obol315 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.Dec 20, 2013 Assos (AD 105-117) AE 19 - Plotina409 viewsPlotina, Augusta, 105-117 AD. AE19 (5.2g). Draped bust right / veiled female figure standing facing holding Cista Mystica. VF.Nov 17, 2013 Assos (BC 350) Hemidrachm568 viewsca 350 BC. AR Diobol (1.5g, 11mm). Helmeted head of Athena left / ΑΣΣΙΟΝ, bucranium. VF.Nov 12, 2013 Assos (BC 420-380) Obol355 views5th century BC. AR Obol (0.4g, 7mm). Female head right / Head of griffin left within linear border in incuse square. VF.Sep 15, 2013 Assos (BC 300-250) AE 16645 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. Jun 23, 2013 Assos (BC 420-380) Obol371 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.Jun 23, 2013 Assos (BC 420-380) Obol341 viewsca 350 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.40g, 7mm). Female head (Nymph) right / Head of griffin right within dotted border in incuse square. VF. Rare.Jan 07, 2013 Assos (BC 350-300) AE 9384 viewsca 4th-3rd century BC. AE9 (1.16g, 12h). Helmeted head of Athena left / Bucranium. VF, green patina.Nov 09, 2012 Assos (BC 450-400) Hemiobol505 viewsca 500-450 BC. AR Hemiobol (7mm, 0.23g, 11h). Griffin right / Lion’s head right within incuse square. Good VF, porous. Oct 08, 2012 Assos (BC 450-400) Hemidrachm647 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. Oct 08, 2012 Assos (BC 420-380) Obol319 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. Oct 08, 2012 Assos (BC 450-420) Obol461 viewsca 479-450 BC. AR Obol (0.42g, 9mm). Griffin seated left / Lion’s head left in incuse square. VF. Rare early issue.Sep 06, 2012 Assos (BC 420-375) AE 8301 views4th century BC. AE8 (0.66g). Griffin seated right / Roaring lion's head right. VF.Jul 22, 2012 Assos (BC 420-380) Obol435 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.Jul 03, 2012 Assos (BC 300-250) AE 20660 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. Jul 02, 2012 Assos (BC 420-380) Obol494 views5th-4th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.31g, 7mm). Head of Apollo left / Head of griffin left within linear square. EF. Rare.Jul 01, 2012 Assos (BC 420-380) Obol733 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.Jun 18, 2012 Assos (BC 450-400) Obol678 views5th century BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.59g). Griffin leaping right / Head of roaring lion right within incuse square. VF. Scarce.Apr 01, 2012 Assos (BC 450-400) Obol742 views5th century BC. AR Obol (10mm, 0.53g). Griffin leaping right / Head of roaring lion right in incuse square. VF.Sep 05, 2010 Assos (BC 450-400) Obol516 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.Feb 26, 2010 Assos (BC 450-400) Hemiobol518 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.Jul 03, 2009 Assos (BC 300-250) AE 17660 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.Jul 03, 2009 Assos (BC 350-300) AE 11584 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.Jul 03, 2009 Assos (BC 350) Drachm1027 views4th century BC. AR Drachm (3.05g, 1h). Helmeted head of Athena left / ΑΣ-ΣI-ΟΝ, facing bucranium. VF, porous. Rare.Jul 03, 2009 Assos (BC 420-375) AE 8487 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.Jul 02, 2009 Assos (BC 300-250) AE 16730 viewsca 300-250 BC. AE16 (3.40g, 6h). Helmeted head of Athena right / Griffin seated left, ΑΣΣΙ above, bukranion below.Jan 03, 2009 Assos (BC 27-AD 14) AE 16 - Augustus696 viewsAugustus, 27 BC -14 AD. AE19 (3.71g, 12h). Bare head right / Griffin reclining right. VF, brown surfaces, light overall roughness. Ex Prideaux Coll.Jul 15, 2008 Assos (BC 350) Drachm1094 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.Aug 17, 2007 Assos (AD 177-192) AE 41 - Commodus1152 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.Jun 05, 2005 Assos (BC 450-400) Obol823 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.52g). Griffin walking right / Lion's head right within incuse square. VF, porosity.Jun 05, 2005 Assos (BC 350-300) AE 9505 viewsca 350-300 BC. AE9 (1.45g). Helmeted head of Athena left / Bucranium, [Α]Σ-ΣΙ. VF, black patina.Jun 05, 2005 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.May 22, 2005 Assos (BC 350) Drachm911 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.May 22, 2005 Assos (BC 300-241) AE618 viewsca 300-241 BC. AE (1.25g). Head of Athena left, wearing Attic helmet / Griffin sitting left, ΑΣΣΙ above. Black patina, VF.Dec 07, 2004 Assos (BC 300-241) AE709 viewsca 300-241 BC. AE (0.83g). Head of Athena right, wearing Attic helmet / Griffin sitting left, ΑΣΣΙ above, club below.Dec 07, 2004 Assos (BC 420-375) AE 6564 viewslate 5th-early 4th century BC. AE6 (0.45g). Head of lion right / Griffin right.Dec 05, 2004 Assos (BC 350-300) AE 10765 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. Dec 04, 2004 Assos (BC 450-420) Obol1103 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. Dec 04, 2004 Assos (BC 450-400) Obol2490 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.Dec 04, 2004     66 coins on 1 page(s)