Abydos, bronze (CN type 3170)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 120-70 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
TroasCoin type in bronze struck at Abydos in Troas dated ca. 120-70 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 3170. Obverse: Head of Athena, right, wearing Corinthian helmet. Reverse: Male figure standing left, holding patera in right hand.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 12 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 1.61 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Abydos
- Region
- Troas
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Head of Athena, right, wearing Corinthian helmet.
- Reverse type
- Male figure standing left, holding patera in right hand.
- Reverse legend
- ΑΒΥ
Identification
- Period
- Hellenistic Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3170
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 3170
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
- Research required
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution