Abydos, Trajan, bronze (CN type 3334)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
98-117 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
TroasCoin type in bronze struck at Abydos in Troas under Trajan dated 98-117 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 3334. Obverse: Laureate head of Trajan, right. Reverse: Cult statue of Artemis, standing facing, holding branch in left hand.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 14.5–16.5 mm (from 3 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 3.21 g (mean of 3 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Abydos
- Region
- Troas
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Trajan
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate head of Trajan, right.
- Reverse type
- Cult statue of Artemis, standing facing, holding branch in left hand.
- Obverse legend
- ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
- Reverse legend
- ΑΒΥ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3334
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 3334
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. 4, pl. I, pic. 4
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 330, nr. 1070, pl. VI, pic. 15
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 59, nr. 1070, pl. I, pic. 15
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 58, pl. 2, pic. 58
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 1556
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 188, nr. 1556, pl. 67, pic. 1556
- external concordanceRPC III, 1556
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution