Cos

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

Die Studies

Item	Metal	Weight
Cos, silver, tetradrachms (Heracles/crab on club) (390-380 BCE)	Silver	5,299 kg
Cos, silver, didrachms (Heracles/veiled female head) (365-355 BCE) Ingvaldsen	Silver	673 kg
Cos, silver, drachms (Heracles/crab) (355 BCE)	Silver	327 kg
Cos, silver, tetradrachms (Heracles/veiled female head) (365-355 BCE) Meadows	Silver	2,504 kg
Cos, silver, triple sigloi (discobolus/crab) (470-450 BCE)	Silver	6,178 kg
Cos, silver, tetradrachms (Heracles/crab) (370-345 BCE) Meadows	Silver	2,488 kg
Cos, silver, tetradrachms (Heracles/veiled female head) (365-55 BCE) Ingvaldsen	Silver	2,499 kg
Cos, silver, didrachms (Heracles/crab) (280-250 BCE)	Silver	1,530 kg
Cos, silver, didrachms (Heracles/veiled female head) (365-355 BCE) Meadows	Silver	656 kg
Cos, silver, tetradrachms (Heracles/crab) (280-250 BCE)	Silver	4,995 kg
Cos, silver, tetrobols (Asclepius/snake) (145-88 BCE)	Silver	7,280 kg
Cos, silver, hemidrachms (Apollo/cithara) (180-170 BCE)	Silver	1,117 kg
Cos, silver, drachms (Heracles/crab & club) (180-170 BCE)	Silver	2,078 kg
Cos, silver, hemidrachms (Asclepius/coiled snake) (201-190 BCE)	Silver	419 kg
Cos, silver, tetradrachms (Aphrodite/Asclepius) (170-150 BCE)	Silver	337 kg
Cos, silver, hemidrachms (Heracles/club & bowcase) (201-200 BCE)	Silver	692 kg
Cos, silver, hemidrachms (Asclepius/serpent around staff) (201-200 BCE)	Silver	1,024 kg
Cos, silver, didrachms (Heracles 3/4 face/crab & club) (285-258 BCE)	Silver	1,309 kg
Cos, silver, hemidrachms (Heracles/crab & club) (280-250 BCE)	Silver	1,241 kg
Cos, silver , drachms (bearded Heracles/crab & club) (280-250 BCE)	Silver	2,257 kg
Cos, silver, tetradrachms (Heracles/crab & club) (285-258 BCE) Réquier	Silver	4,274 kg
Cos, silver, drachms (bearded Heracles/crab) (355-335 BCE)	Silver	1,040 kg
Cos, silver, didrachms (Heracles/crab & club) (355-335 BCE)	Silver	1,335 kg
Cos, silver, tetradrachms (bearded Heracles/crab & club) (355-335 BCE)	Silver	6,661 kg
Cos, silver, drachms (bearded Heracles/veiled female head) (365-355 BCE)	Silver	163 kg
Cos (types of Alexander the Great), silver, tetradrachms (Heracles/seated Zeus) (210-185 BCE)	Silver	2,582 kg

Overstriking coins

Item	Metal	Date
2921 - Cos (triple siglos discobolus/crab) over uncertain mint (Numismatica Ars Classica, 59, Apr. 2011, 627)	Silver	480 BC ^JL
2721 - Cos (triple siglos discobolus/crab) over uncertain mint (Freman & Sear, FPL 4, Summer 1996, 39))	Silver	480 BC ^JL
2347 - Cos (bronze Asclepius/staff with snake) over Sinope (Zeus/eagle) (Fethiye, Archaeological Museum)		88 BC ^JL
28769 - Cos (Alexander the Great) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (Leu Numismatik, EA 16, May 2021, 451)	Silver	205 BC ^JL

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Description

Nomisma ID	cos
Definition:	The mint at the ancient site of Cos on Cos, Caria.
Pleiades ID	599728
Ancient region	Caria (islands) Nomisma: caria
Modern country	Greece
Coordinates	36.895890° N, 27.290468° E
Links	http://dbpedia.org/resource/Kos https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/599728 https://sws.geonames.org/9847674/ http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/place/x27202 http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7010871

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