Abydos, bronze (CN type 2936)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 325-250 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
TroasCoin type in bronze struck at Abydos in Troas dated ca. 325-250 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 2936. Obverse: Laureate head of Apollo, right. Reverse: Eagle standing left, wings closed.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 11–14 mm (from 8 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 1.78 g (mean of 8 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
Identification
- Period
- Hellenistic Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/2936
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 2936
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 bibliographyp. 1334, nr. 2473, pl. CLXVIII, pic. 30
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution