Abydos, hemidrachm (CN type 2552)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 250-100 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
Troashemidrachm in silver struck at Abydos in Troas dated ca. 250-100 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 2552. Obverse: Laureate head of Apollo, right. Reverse: Eagle standing left, wings closed.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver
- Denomination
- hemidrachm
- Recorded diameter
- 13–14 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 1.99 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Abydos
- Region
- Troas
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate head of Apollo, right.
- Reverse type
- Eagle standing left, wings closed.
- Reverse legend
- ΑΒΥ ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΔΗΣ
Identification
- Period
- Classical Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/2552
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 2552
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. 328, nr. 1035
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 57, nr. 1035
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution