Abydos, Hemisiglos (CN type 3574)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 350-325 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
TroasHemisiglos in silver struck at Abydos in Troas dated ca. 350-325 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 3574. Obverse: Laureate head of Apollo, left. Reverse: Eagle standing left, wings closed.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver
- Denomination
- Hemisiglos
- Recorded diameter
- 13 mm (from 3 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 2.4 g (mean of 3 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Abydos
- Region
- Troas
- Authority type
- City
- Weight standard
- Persian
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate head of Apollo, left.
- Reverse type
- Eagle standing left, wings closed.
- Reverse legend
- ΑΒΥ ΕΦΑΡΜΟΣΤΟΣ
Identification
- Period
- Classical Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3574
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 3574
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Documented
- Issue or mint date
- Documented
- Material
- Documented
- Weight
- Documented
- 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
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution