Abydos, Nero, bronze (CN type 3324)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
54-68 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
TroasCoin type in bronze struck at Abydos in Troas under Nero dated 54-68 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 3324. Obverse: Bare-headed bust of Nero, left, wearing paludamentum. Reverse: Lyre with three strings.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 13 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 2.85 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Abydos
- Region
- Troas
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Nero
Design
- Obverse type
- Bare-headed bust of Nero, left, wearing paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Lyre with three strings.
- Obverse legend
- ΝЄΡΩΝ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
- Reverse legend
- ΑΒΥΔΟϹ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3324
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 3324
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. 330, nr. 1069
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 59, nr. 1069
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 389, nr. 2293
- external concordanceRPC I, 2293
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution