Abydos, stater (CN type 2424)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
frühes 4. Jh. v. Chr.
Issuing entity
Troasstater in gold struck at Abydos in Troas dated frühes 4. Jh. v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 2424. Obverse: Nike kneeling left on ram, about to sacrifice animal with sword in right hand. Reverse: Eagle standing right on a tendril, wings closed.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- gold
- Denomination
- stater
- Recorded diameter
- 16–17 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 8.36 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Abydos
- Region
- Troas
- Authority type
- City
- Weight standard
- Persian
Design
- Obverse type
- Nike kneeling left on ram, about to sacrifice animal with sword in right hand.
- Reverse type
- Eagle standing right on a tendril, wings closed.
Identification
- Period
- Classical Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/2424
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 2424
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Documented
- Issue or mint date
- Documented
- Material
- Documented
- Weight
- Documented
- Mint or printer
- Documented
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Documented
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 105, nr. A.1
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 2, nr. 9, pl. 1, pic. 7
Research required
- Legends not transcribed in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution