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 (discobolus/crab) (470-450 BCE)		Silver	6,178 kg
Cos, silver, tetradrachms (Heracles/crab on club) (390-380 BCE)		Silver	5,299 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, tetradrachms (Heracles/veiled female head) (365-355 BCE) Meadows		Silver	2,504 kg
Cos, silver, didrachms (Heracles/veiled female head) (365-355 BCE) Ingvaldsen		Silver	673 kg
Cos, silver, didrachms (Heracles/veiled female head) (365-355 BCE) Meadows		Silver	656 kg
Cos, silver, drachms (bearded Heracles/veiled female head) (365-355 BCE)		Silver	163 kg
Cos, silver, tetradrachms (bearded Heracles/crab & club) (355-335 BCE)		Silver	6,661 kg
Cos, silver, didrachms (Heracles/crab & club) (355-335 BCE)		Silver	1,335 kg
Cos, silver, drachms (bearded Heracles/crab) (355-335 BCE)		Silver	1,040 kg
Cos, silver, drachms (Heracles/crab) (355 BCE)		Silver	327 kg
Cos, silver, tetradrachms (Heracles/crab & club) (285-258 BCE) Réquier		Silver	4,274 kg
Cos, silver, tetradrachms (Heracles/crab) (280-250 BCE)		Silver	4,995 kg
Cos, silver, didrachms (Heracles/crab) (280-250 BCE)		Silver	1,530 kg
Cos, silver , drachms (bearded Heracles/crab & club) (280-250 BCE)		Silver	2,257 kg
Cos, silver, hemidrachms (Heracles/crab & club) (280-250 BCE)		Silver	1,241 kg
Cos (Alexander the Great), silver, tetradrachms (Heracles/Zeus) (210-185 BCE)		Silver	2,582 kg
Cos, silver, hemidrachms (Asclepius/serpent around staff) (201-200 BCE)		Silver	1,024 kg
Cos, silver, hemidrachms (Asclepius/coiled snake) (201-190 BCE)		Silver	419 kg
Cos, silver, hemidrachms (Heracles/club & bowcase) (201-200 BCE)		Silver	692 kg
Cos, silver, drachms (Heracles/crab & club) (180-170 BCE)		Silver	2,078 kg
Cos, silver, hemidrachms (Apollo/cithara) (180-170 BCE)		Silver	1,117 kg
Cos, silver, tetradrachms (Aphrodite/Asclepius) (170-150 BCE)		Silver	337 kg
Cos, silver, tetrobols (Asclepius/snake) (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
2721 - Cos (triple siglos discobolus/crab) over uncertain mint (Freman & Sear, FPL 4, Summer 1996, 39))		Silver	480 BC JL
2921 - Cos (triple siglos discobolus/crab) over uncertain mint (Numismatica Ars Classica, 59, Apr. 2011, 627)		Silver	480 BC JL
26754 - Cos (Alexander the Great) (tetradrachm Zeus/eagle) over uncertain Alexander type (Zeus/eagle) (Leu Numismatik, EA 16, May 2021, 451)		Silver	205 BC JL
2347 - Cos (bronze Asclepius/staff with snake) over Sinope (Zeus/eagle) (Fethiye, Archaeological Museum)			88 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 (islands) Nomisma: caria
Modern countryModern country	Greece
CoordinatesGeographical coorindates	36.895890° N, 27.290468° 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