Kyzikos, Hadrian, bronze (CN type 16782)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
117–138 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin type in bronze struck at Kyzikos in Mysia under Hadrian dated 117–138 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 16782. Obverse: Laureate bust of Hadrian, right, drapery on left shoulder. Reverse: Nude Heracles seated left on rock, holding club in right hand, resting left arm on rock.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 31.9 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 19.7 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Kyzikos
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Hadrian
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Hadrian, right, drapery on left shoulder.
- Reverse type
- Nude Heracles seated left on rock, holding club in right hand, resting left arm on rock.
- Obverse legend
- [ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ] ΤΡΑΙΝΟϹ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ [ ]
- Reverse legend
- ЄΠΙ ϹΤΡΑ ΑΥ ΠΟΥ ΣΑΒЄΙΝΟΥ ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/16782
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 16782
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
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 1509
- external concordance
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution