Abydos, bronze (CN type 3101)
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 3101. Obverse: Cithara. Reverse: Naked Apollo seated left on rock; in front of him, eagle standing left on ground line, wings closed.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 13.2–15.2 mm (from 7 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 2.49 g (mean of 7 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Abydos
- Region
- Troas
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Cithara.
- Reverse type
- Naked Apollo seated left on rock; in front of him, eagle standing left on ground line, wings closed.
- Reverse legend
- ΑΒΥ
Identification
- Period
- Hellenistic Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3101
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 3101
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. 621, nr. 119, pl. VII, pic. 19
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution