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Ancient Coinage of Troas, Abydos

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CITY AND SEMI-AUTONOMOUS COINAGE
BMC 13vAbydos, Troas. AR drachm, 15mm, 3.21 gr. ca. 411-387 BC. Magistrate Diogenes. Laureate head of Apollo right / DIOGENHS ABU, eagle standing left; bunch of grapes at upper left. BMC 13 var (magistrate); SNG Copenhagen 6-21 var (magistrate and symbol); Hill in NC 1923, 20 (same image as this coin but all positions reversed).TextImage
BMC 18Abydos, Troas, AR hemidrachm, ca 411-387 BC. 13mm, 2.68 g. Kephalos, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right / Eagle standing left; club in wreath to left, KEFALOY to right. BMC 18; SNG Cop. 10; SNG Ashmoleon 966.TextImage
BMC 33Abydus AE11. 4th century BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / ABY, eagle standing left. BMC 33. TextImage
BMC 33varAbydos, Troas, Civic coinage, AE 11mm. Laureate head of Apollo right / ABY, eagle standing right, wings closed, arrow in bow to right. Unlisted but known type. BMC 33 var (eagle standing left, no symbols) and SNG von Aulock 1446 var (eagle right but bow only).TextImage
BMC 33var(2)Abydos, Troas, Civic coinage, AE 10mm. Laureate head of Apollo right / ABY, eagle standing right, wings closed, long arrow in bow to right. Unlisted but known type. BMC 33 var (eagle standing left, no symbols) and SNG von Aulock 1446 var (eagle right but bow only).TextImage
BMC 33var(3)Abydos, Troas, Civic coinage, AE 11mm. Laureate head of Apollo right / ABY, eagle standing right, wings closed, arrow in bow to right. Unlisted but known type. BMC 33 var (eagle standing left, no symbols) and SNG von Aulock 1446 var (eagle right but bow only).TextImage
BMC 36Abydos, AE23, civic coinage. 320-200 BC. 8.23g. Head of Artemis, facing, turned slightly right, wearing stephane, laureate wreath, earrings and necklace / ABY, eagle standing right, wings open; aplustre to right. SNG Cop. 38; BMC 36; SNG v. Aulock 1448.TextImage
BMC 37Troas, Abydos AE 23mm. ca 300-250 BC. Turreted head of Artemis right, bow & quiver under chin / Eagle standing right on thunderbolt, head turned left; ram's head before. SNG Copenhagen 24. TextImage
BMC 39Troas, Abydos AE 23mm. ca 300-250 BC. Small dies. Turreted head of Artemis right, bow & quiver under chin / Eagle standing right on thunderbolt, head turned left; grain ear before. SNG Copenhagen 40. TextImage
BMC 41Abydos, Troas, Civic coinage, AE 10mm. 320-200 BC. Turreted head of Artemis facing / ABY, eagle standing right, looking left, wings closed, trident to right. BMC 41.TextImage
BMC 42Troas, Abydos AE24. 320-200 BC. Bust of Artemis 3/4 facing to right / ABY above stag standing right, within wreath. TextImage
BMC 45Abydos, AE11, civic coinage, 320-200 BC. Laureate head of Artemis right / ABYDH, Torch and quiver crossed. BMC 45.TextImage
BMC 48Abydos, civic coinage, AE16, 320-200 BC. Draped bust of laureate Artemis facing / ABYDH to left, above and right of lyre with four strings. BMC 48; SNG Cop. 52.TextImage
CNG 229-158Abydos, Troas. AR hemiobol, 7mm, 0.51 gr. ca 480-450 BC. Eagle standing right / Lyre within incuse square. Not published in the usual sources. CNG Auction 229, lot 158.TextImage
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NC 1875-7		Abydus, Troas, EL Trite, ca 500 BC, 4.66 g. Eagle standing left, with closed wings, looking backwards, dolphin to left / Irregular incuse punch. Head, NC 1875, page 265, plate VII, 7. cf SNG München 1 and BMC Ionia pl. I, 23 (both staters).TextImage
Hunter 7cfTroas, Abydos AR Tetradrachm. ca 2nd-1st Century BC. Diademed bust of Artemis right, bow & quiver over shoulder / ABU-DH-NWN, eagle standing half right, wings spread, stalk of grain to right, magistrate QESPIDOS below, all within laurel wreath. TextImage
SNGCop 4Troas, Abydos AR OBol. ca 480-450 BC. Eagle standing left; kylix above / Gorgoneion in incuse square. TextImage
SNGCop 6Troas, Abydos AR Hemidrachm. 4th century BC. Anaxikles, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right / ABY, Eagle standing right; kantharos to left, ANACIKLHS and ivy leaf to right. BMC 12. TextImage
SNGCop 27Troas, Abydus AE20. 4th to 3rd century BC. Laureate head of Apollo left / ABY, eagle standing right, crescent to right. BMC 35. TextImage
SNGCop 40Troas, Abydos AE 23mm. 4th century BC. Head of Artemis right / Eagle standing right on thunderbolt; grain-ear at right. TextImage
SNGvA 1439Troas, Abydos. Before 480 BC. AR Triobol. Eagle standing left / Quadripartite incuse. Traité 28. TextImage
SNGvA 1444Troas, Abydos AE17. 3rd century BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / ABY, eagle standing right, tripod before. TextImage
SNG vA 1447Abydos, Civic Coinage. AE 24mm, 320-200 BC. Turreted head of Artemis left / ABY, eagle standing right on thunderbolt, head turned left; kantharos to right. SNG von Aulock 1447.TextImage
Sear 4012Troas, Abydos. Mid 4th Century B.C. AR Hemidrachm. Laureate head of Apollo left / eagle standing left, wings closed; before, trident.
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Sear 4016Troas, Abydos. 3rd Century BC. AE 22mm. Three-quarter facing head of Artemis, turned slightly right, in stephanos, laureate wreath, earrings & necklace / ABY, eagle standing right; aplustre before. SNG Cop 38, BMC 36, SNGvA 1448. TextImage
Sear 4017Abydos, Troas AE20. 3rd-2nd century BC. Turreted head of Artemis right / ABY above eagle standing right, looking back, corn stalk before. TextImage
Weber 5272Abydus, Troas, AE10, 0,93 gr. 320-200 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / ABY, Eagle standing right, wings closed, lyre in right field. Weber 5272.TextImage
FAUSTINA II
SNG Copenhagen 60Faustina II AE22 of Abydos, Troas. FAVCTEINA CEBACTH, draped bust right / AIL ZHILOU ADIARUA, ABUDN below, octastyle temple with central statue. Lindgren I 319a.TextImage
LUCIUS VERUS
Mionnet 48Lucius Verus, AE22 of Abydus, Troas. AYT KAIC A OYHP AYPHAIOC CEB, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / EP ARC PO MEOUIOU, ABUDHN (in ex.), Hexastyle temple containing cult figure of Artemis Ephesus. Mionnet II, 48.TextImage
SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS
Price 486Septimius Severus AE Medallic 8 Assaria of Troas, Abydos. AV KAI L CEPTIMIOC CEOVHPOC PEPTIN, laureate draped bust right / [...FA(?)] PROKL, ABV­HNW/N in two lines in exergue, Alexander the Great standing armored on prow of galley right, holding spear, two soldiers behind him, busts of Athena on acrostolium of Alexander's galley & on galley behind, Athena seated right on a 3rd galley, in high tower behind, herald blowing trumpet skyward.TextImage
CARACALLA
Hervera 64-342Caracalla, AE36mm medallion of Abydos, Troas. 26.60 g. AV KAI M AVR ANTWNEINOC, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / ABUDHNWN, Caracalla and Septimius Severus standing to left and right of statue of Artemis Ephesia. Possibly unpublished. Marti Hervera & Soler y Llach, Auction 64, lot 342.TextImage
SEVERUS ALEXANDER
BMC 63Severus Alexander, AE23 of Troas, Abydus, 222-235 A.D. AUT M AU ALEXANDRO, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ABUDHNWN, Hexastyle temple seen in 3/4 perspective, cult figure of Artemis standing within. BMC 63.TextImage
MAXIMINUS I
Imhoof 25Maximinus I, AE of Abydos, Troas. 235-238 AD. 22.80 g. AUG IOU OUH MAXIMEINOC, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / ...ABUDHN, Alexander III holding spear, standing on galley with two soldiers, bust of Athena decorating the acrostolion. To the left, Athena sitting on a second galley right, in the background a tower surmounted by a herold with a trumpet. Imhoof 25.TextImage
See also: Perseus Project database, coins of Abydos
Entry for Troas, Abydos on the Digital Historia Numorum
Search for Abydus in the British SNG Volumes' Database at the Fitzwilliam Museum
Search for Abydos at AncientImports.com
Search for Abydos at Incitatus Coins

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