Hadrianopolis, Marc Aurel, bronze (CN type 14134)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
161–180 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceCoin type in bronze struck at Hadrianopolis in Thrace under Marc Aurel dated 161–180 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 14134. Obverse: Laureate bust of Commodus, left, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Cult statue of Aphrodite on basis, standing facing, head right; to her right, Eros, flying left, holding globe; both between two columns with statues.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 24.8 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 9.16 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Hadrianopolis
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Marc Aurel
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Commodus, left, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Cult statue of Aphrodite on basis, standing facing, head right; to her right, Eros, flying left, holding globe; both between two columns with statues.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV ΚΑΙ Λ ΑVΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛЄΙΤΩΝ
Identification
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/14134
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 14134
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
Research required
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