Cos

Mints

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 153

The mint at the ancient site of Cos on Cos, Caria.

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)
Cos, silver, triple sigloi (470-450 BCE)		Silver	6,178 kg
RQEM ad. 283 - Cos (Caria), tetradrachm, c. 390-80 BC		Silver	5,186 kg
RQEM ad. 284 - Cos (Caria), drachma, c. 390-80 BC		Silver	327 kg
S 1967 - Cos, silver, tetradrachms (370-345 BCE) Meadows		Silver	2,488 kg
Cos, silver, tetradrachms (365-55 BCE) Ingvaldsen		Silver	2,499 kg
Cos, silver, tetradrachms (365-355 BCE) Meadows		Silver	2,504 kg
Cos, silver, didrachms (365-355 BCE) Ingvaldsen		Silver	673 kg
Cos, silver, didrachms (365-355 BCE) Meadows		Silver	656 kg
RQEM ad. 287 - Cos (Caria), drachma, c. 365-55 BC	File:RQEM ad 287.png	Silver	163 kg
RQEM ad. 288 - Cos (Caria), tetradrachm, c. 355-35 BC		Silver	6,661 kg
RQEM ad. 289 - Cos (Caria), didrachm, c. 355-35 BC		Silver	1,329 kg
RQEM ad. 290 - Cos (Caria), drachma, c. 355-35 BC		Silver	1,031 kg
S 737 - Cos, silver, tetradrachm, 285-258 BC		Silver	4,274 kg
RQEM ad. 294 - Cos (Caria), tetradrachm, c. 280-250 BC		Silver	4,995 kg
RQEM ad. 291 - Cos (Caria), didrachm, c. 280-250 BC		Silver	1,524 kg
RQEM ad. 292 - Cos (Caria), drachma, c. 280-210 BC		Silver	2,289 kg
RQEM ad. 293 - Cos (Caria), hemidrachm, c. 280-210 BC		Silver	1,241 kg
RQEM ad. 295 - Cos (Caria), didrachm, c. 250-240 BC		Silver	1,267 kg
S 1559 - Cos (Alexander the Great), silver, tetradrachms (210-185 BCE)		Silver	2,582 kg
S 496 - Cos, silver, hemidrachm, 210-190 BC		Silver	1,024 kg
S 494 - Cos, silver, hemidrachm, 210-190 BC		Silver	692 kg
S 730 - Cos, silver, tetradrachm, 201-88 BC		Silver	337 kg
S 497 - Cos, silver, hemidrachm, 201-190 BC		Silver	419 kg
RQEM ad. 296 - Cos (Caria), drachma, c. 180-170 BC		Silver	1,872 kg
RQEM ad. 297 - Cos (Caria), hemidrachm, c. 180-170 BC		Silver	1,117 kg
H 244 - Cos, silver, tetrobols (145-88 BCE)		Silver	7,280 kg

Overstriking coins

Item	Overstriking coinImage of the overstriking coin	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.	Overstruck typeImage of the overstruck variety
SO 1478 - Cos over uncertain mint		Silver	480 BC JL

Overstruck coins

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Description

Nomisma IDNomisma ID	cos
Definition:	The mint at the ancient site of Cos on Cos, Caria.
Pleiades IDUnique ID of the Pleiades place resource	599728
Ancient regionAncient region.	Caria Nomisma: caria
Modern countryModern country	Greece
CoordinatesGeographical coorindates	36° 53' 45.21" N, 27° 17' 25.69" E
Links	http://dbpedia.org/resource/Kos https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/599728 http://sws.geonames.org/9847674/ http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/place/x27202 http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7010871

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Literature

• Ashton et al. 2002
• Barron 1968
• BMC Caria
• Höghammar 2021
• Ingvaldsen 2001
• Ingvaldsen 2002
• Kroll 1964
• Réquier 1996
• Stefanaki 2012

Authors

• John Penrose Barron
• Kerstin Höghammar
• Håkon Ingvaldsen
• John H. Kroll
• Andrew Meadows
• Vassiliki. E. Stefanaki