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| Issuer | Abydos |
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| Year | 250 BC - 200 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Edge | Plain |
| Mint | Abydos, Troas |
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Abydos sat at the narrowest crossing of the Hellespont, and its coinage reflects a city whose importance was almost entirely geographic. The town collected tolls on Pontic grain traffic passing into the Aegean — a revenue stream that funded civic institutions and, evidently, a modest bronze coinage for local exchange during the late third century BC.
SNG Copenhagen 50 places this type firmly within a well-documented sequence, though die studies remain sparse compared to the city's silver issues.