Abydos, tetradrachm (CN type 2528)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 365-335 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
Troastetradrachm in silver struck at Abydos in Troas dated ca. 365-335 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 2528. Obverse: Laureate head of Apollo, left. Reverse: Eagle standing right on a tendril, wings closed.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver
- Denomination
- tetradrachm
- Recorded diameter
- 21–24 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 14.76 g (mean of 3 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Abydos
- Region
- Troas
- Authority type
- City
- Weight standard
- Chian
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate head of Apollo, left.
- Reverse type
- Eagle standing right on a tendril, wings closed.
- Reverse legend
- ΜΗΤΡΟΔΩΡΟΣ ΑΒΥ
Identification
- Period
- Classical Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/2528
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 2528
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 bibliographynr. 2450, pl. CLXVII, pic. 3
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 2, nr. 10, pl. I, pic. 8
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution