Abydos, hemidrachm (CN type 2905)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 500 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
Troashemidrachm in silver struck at Abydos in Troas dated ca. 500 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 2905. Obverse: Eagle standing left, wings closed. Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square with uneven surfaces.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver
- Denomination
- hemidrachm
- Recorded diameter
- 9–15 mm (from 38 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 1.26 g (mean of 43 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Abydos
- Region
- Troas
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Eagle standing left, wings closed.
- Reverse type
- Quadripartite incuse square with uneven surfaces.
Identification
- Period
- Archaic Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/2905
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 2905
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. 1324, nr. 2439, pl. CLXVII, pic. 28
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 1439, pl. 45, pic. 1439
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 526, pl. 20, pic. 526
Research required
- Legends not transcribed in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution