Kyzikos, Hadrian, bronze (CN type 16798)
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 16798. Obverse: Draped bust of Sabina, right, with hair coiled and piled on top of head above double stephane. Reverse: Demeter in Biga towards right, holding a torch in each hand .
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 27 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 12.5 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Kyzikos
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Hadrian
Design
- Obverse type
- Draped bust of Sabina, right, with hair coiled and piled on top of head above double stephane.
- Reverse type
- Demeter in Biga towards right, holding a torch in each hand .
- Obverse legend
- ϹΑΒЄΙΝΑ ϹЄΒ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΥ ϹЄΒ
- Reverse legend
- [ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ]
Identification
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/16798
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 16798
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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