Abydos, bronze (CN type 3096)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 120-50 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
TroasCoin type in bronze struck at Abydos in Troas dated ca. 120-50 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 3096. Obverse: Laureate bust of Apollo, facing. Reverse: Kithara.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 14–16 mm (from 6 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 3.39 g (mean of 7 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Abydos
- Region
- Troas
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Apollo, facing.
- Reverse type
- Kithara.
- Reverse legend
- ΑΒΥΔΗ
Identification
- Period
- Hellenistic Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3096
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 3096
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. 53, pic. 53
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 13-14, nr. 13
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 133, nr. 5273, pl. 191, pic. 5273
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 40, nr. 2692, pl. 121, pic. 2692
Research required
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