Abydos, bronze (CN type 3016)
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 3016. Obverse: Turreted head of Artemis, right. Reverse: Eagle standing right on thunderbolt, wings closed.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 19.3–22 mm (from 5 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 7.4 g (mean of 5 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Abydos
- Region
- Troas
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Turreted head of Artemis, right.
- Reverse type
- Eagle standing right on thunderbolt, wings closed.
- Reverse legend
- ΑΒΥ
Identification
- Period
- Hellenistic Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3016
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 3016
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. 1333-1334, nr. 2470, pl. CLVIII, pic. 27
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 69, 75, nr. 1-6, 35, pic. 1.1-6, 4.35
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution