Abydos, bronze (CN type 2460)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 335-300 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
TroasCoin type in bronze struck at Abydos in Troas dated ca. 335-300 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 2460. Obverse: Laureate head of Artemis, right, wearing stephane, necklace and earrings. Reverse: Eagle standing right, wings spread.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 20–24 mm (from 6 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 7.92 g (mean of 6 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Abydos
- Region
- Troas
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate head of Artemis, right, wearing stephane, necklace and earrings.
- Reverse type
- Eagle standing right, wings spread.
- Reverse legend
- ΑΒΥ
Identification
- Period
- Hellenistic Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/2460
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 2460
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- 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 bibliographynr. 38
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 1448, pl. 45, pic. 1448
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 2518, pl. 88, pic. 2518
Research required
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