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Kyzikos, Hadrian, bronze (CN type 16789)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

129–138 n. Chr.

Issuing entity

Mysia

Coin type in bronze struck at Kyzikos in Mysia under Hadrian dated 129–138 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 16789. Obverse: Laureate head of Hadrian, right. Reverse: round temple with plain masonry walls, a two-leaved door high up on the facade, surmounted by three feminine figures; the central figure holds two torches, the figures on left and right one; the building is flanked, left and right, by torches with entwined serpent

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
34 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
24.57 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Kyzikos
Region
Mysia
Authority type
City
Issuing authority
Hadrian

Design

Obverse type
Laureate head of Hadrian, right.
Reverse type
round temple with plain masonry walls, a two-leaved door high up on the facade, surmounted by three feminine figures; the central figure holds two torches, the figures on left and right one; the building is flanked, left and right, by torches with entwined serpent
Obverse legend
ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ΟΛΥΜΠΙΟϹ
Reverse legend
ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ

Identification

Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/16789
Type corpus identifier
CN type 16789

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Material
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