Abydos, Double siglos (CN type 2529)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 350-325 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
TroasDouble siglos in silver struck at Abydos in Troas dated ca. 350-325 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 2529. Obverse: Laureate head of Apollo, right. Reverse: Eagle standing left, wings closed.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver
- Denomination
- Double siglos
- Recorded diameter
- 21–23 mm (from 3 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 10.58 g (mean of 3 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Abydos
- Region
- Troas
- Authority type
- City
- Weight standard
- Persian
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate head of Apollo, right.
- Reverse type
- Eagle standing left, wings closed.
- Reverse legend
- ΑΒΥ ΥΛΛΙΠΠΟΣ
Identification
- Period
- Classical Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/2529
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 2529
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. 131, nr. 5260, pl. 191, pic. 5260
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 2, nr. 11, pl. 1, pic. 9
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution