Abydos, bronze (CN type 3518)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 161-238 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
TroasCoin type in bronze struck at Abydos in Troas dated ca. 161-238 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 3518. Obverse: Draped male bust of the personification of the Roman Senate, right. Reverse: Cult statue of Artemis, standing facing, holding two long torches (?).
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 13–14 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 1.87 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Abydos
- Region
- Troas
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Draped male bust of the personification of the Roman Senate, right.
- Reverse type
- Cult statue of Artemis, standing facing, holding two long torches (?).
- Obverse legend
- ΣVΝΚΛΗΤΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΑΒVΔΗΝΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3518
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 3518
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. 389, nr. 2283, pl. 102, pic. 2283
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 14, nr. 14, pl. I, pic. 14
- external concordanceRPC I, 2283
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution