Assus

Mints

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 17266

The mint at the ancient site of Assus in Troas.

Die Studies

Item	Image	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	WeightCarter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum)
Assus (Alexander the Great), silver, tetradrachms (175-165 BCE)		Silver	3,333 kg

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Description

Nomisma IDNomisma ID	http://nomisma.org/id/assus
Definition:	The mint at the ancient site of Assus in Troas.
Pleiades IDUnique ID of the Pleiades place resource	https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/550463/osm-location-of-assos
Ancient regionAncient region.	Troas Nomisma: troas
Modern countryModern country	Turkey
CoordinatesGeographical coorindates	39° 29' 29.84" N, 26° 20' 22.76" E
Links	http://dbpedia.org/resource/Assus https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/550463 http://sws.geonames.org/10235821/ http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/place/x56777 http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7002375

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Literature

• Ellis-Evans 2021b

Authors

• Aneurin Ellis-Evans