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| Issuer | Abydos |
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| Year | 340 BC - 300 BC |
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| Diameter | 13 mm |
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| Reverse description | An eagle standing to the left with wings closed, its body rendered with careful attention to feather detail. To the left of the eagle, a small owl stands facing, serving as a civic badge of Abydos. Above in the upper field, the partial ethnic legend ΑΒΥ (for ΑΒΥΔΗΝΩΝ) is inscribed in Greek characters, identifying the issuing city. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΑΒΥ |
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Abydos sat at one of the most strategically critical chokepoints in the ancient world — the narrowest crossing of the Hellespont — and its coinage reflects the town's persistent need to assert municipal identity despite constant pressure from larger powers. During this period the city passed through Macedonian control under Philip II and then Alexander, yet continued issuing civic bronze for local exchange, a quiet act of administrative continuity under foreign hegemony.