Abydos, Trajan, bronze (CN type 3360)
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 3360. Obverse: Laureate head of Trajan, right. Reverse: Turreted cult statue of Artemis, standing facing, holding branch in left hand; to right, forepart of stag.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 17.8–19.5 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 4.54 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Abydos
- Region
- Troas
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Trajan
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate head of Trajan, right.
- Reverse type
- Turreted cult statue of Artemis, standing facing, holding branch in left hand; to right, forepart of stag.
- Obverse legend
- ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΑΒΥ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3360
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 3360
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. 621, nr. 200, pl. VII, pic. 20
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 188, nr. 1554, pl. 67, pic. 1554
- external concordanceRPC III, 1554
Research required
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