Abydos, bronze (CN type 3064)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 250-150 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
TroasCoin type in bronze struck at Abydos in Troas dated ca. 250-150 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 3064. Obverse: Laureate head of Apollo, right. Reverse: Eagle standing right, wings closed.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 16 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 2.91 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Abydos
- Region
- Troas
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate head of Apollo, right.
- Reverse type
- Eagle standing right, wings closed.
- Reverse legend
- ΑΒΥ (retrograd)
Identification
- Period
- Hellenistic Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3064
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 3064
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 bibliographynr. 24, pl. 1, pic. 24
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution