Abydos, bronze (CN type 3329)
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 dated 54-68 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 3329. Obverse: Legend within wreath. Reverse: Cult statue of turreted Artemis standing facing, holding branch in left hand.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 21.8–23.5 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 7.46 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Abydos
- Region
- Troas
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Legend within wreath.
- Reverse type
- Cult statue of turreted Artemis standing facing, holding branch in left hand.
- Obverse legend
- ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
- Reverse legend
- ΑΒΥ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3329
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 3329
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. 2, nr. 2, pl. II, pic. 2
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 298, nr. 22, pl. VII, pic. 10
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 388, nr. 2281, pl. 101, pic. 2281
- external concordanceRPC I, 2281
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution