Assarion ΑϹϹΑΡΙΟΝ

Features

Issuer	Chios (Conventus of Pergamum)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	138-192
Value	Assarion (0.1)
Currency	Drachm
Composition	Brąz
Weight	3.72 g
Diameter	21 mm
Shape	Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique	Młotkowana
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 471131
References	RPC Online IV.2# 984 Roman Provincial Coinage (https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/) , Mavrogordato# 115 John Mavrogordato; 1918. A chronological arrangement of the coins of Chios. Frederick Hall, Oxford, United Kingdom. , SNG Copenhagen# 1651 Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Greek Coins. Danish National Museum. Copenhagen, Denmark (44 volumes). , SNG Braunschweig# 1090 Wolfgang Leschhorn; 1998. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum Braunschweig: Kunstmuseum des Landes Niedersachsen. Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum, Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Germany.

Obverse

(en) Sphinx seated, right, raising forepaw over bunch of grapes.

Script: grecki

Lettering: ΧΙΩΝ

Reverse

(en) Amphora between two eight-rayed stars.

Script: grecki

Lettering: ΑϹϹΑΡΙΟΝ

Mint

Chios, Ionia, modern-day Island of Chios, Greece

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
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ND (138-192)

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