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Home > Troas > Assos Last additions - Assos Assos (BC 450-400) Hemidrachm254 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) Drachm239 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) Drachm422 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) Drachm457 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) Tetrobol266 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) Drachm161 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) Drachm210 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) Drachm287 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) Hemidrachm142 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) Hemidrachm327 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) Obol158 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 14212 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) Hemidrachm354 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 11338 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 19231 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 13350 views3rd century BC. AE13 (1.69g). Helmeted laureate head of Athena right / ΑΣΣΙ, griffin reclining left. gVF. Feb 05, 2018 Assos (BC 350) Hemidrachm502 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?403 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) Obol217 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) Obol319 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) Hemidrachm443 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) Hemidrachm346 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) Hemidrachm451 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 335 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) Drachm366 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) Drachm431 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 - Vespasian487 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) Obol317 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 - Plotina412 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) Hemidrachm574 viewsca 350 BC. AR Diobol (1.5g, 11mm). Helmeted head of Athena left / ΑΣΣΙΟΝ, bucranium. VF.Nov 12, 2013 Assos (BC 420-380) Obol358 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 16650 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) Obol375 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) Obol345 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 9390 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) Hemiobol514 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) Hemidrachm651 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) Obol321 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) Obol462 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 8304 views4th century BC. AE8 (0.66g). Griffin seated right / Roaring lion's head right. VF.Jul 22, 2012 Assos (BC 420-380) Obol438 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 20671 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) Obol497 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) Obol743 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) Obol682 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) Obol743 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) Obol521 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) Hemiobol521 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 17665 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 11588 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) Drachm1034 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 8493 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 16733 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 - Augustus698 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) Drachm1099 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 - Commodus1157 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) Obol826 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 9508 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) Obol836 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) Drachm916 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) AE621 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) AE713 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 6568 viewslate 5th-early 4th century BC. AE6 (0.45g). Head of lion right / Griffin right.Dec 05, 2004 Assos (BC 350-300) AE 10768 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) Obol1106 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) Obol2509 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)