Abydos, Trajan, bronze (CN type 3355)
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 3355. Obverse: Laureate bust of Trajan, right, wearing paludamentum. Reverse: Nude Dioscuri standing, facing, each holding torch and spear.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 19–21 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Abydos
- Region
- Troas
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Trajan
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Trajan, right, wearing paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Nude Dioscuri standing, facing, each holding torch and spear.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΑΒΥ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3355
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 3355
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- Issue or mint date
- Documented
- Material
- Documented
- Weight
- Research required
- 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
- Weight not recorded in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution