Kyzikos, Hadrian, bronze (CN type 16799)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

117–138 n. Chr.

Issuing entity

Mysia

Coin type in bronze struck at Kyzikos in Mysia under Hadrian dated 117–138 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 16799. Obverse: Draped bust of Sabina, right, with hair coiled and piled on top of head above double stephane. Reverse: Bull standing right.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
17 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
3.56 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
Bull standing right.
Obverse legend
ϹΑΒЄΙΝΑ ϹЄΒΑϹΤΗ
Reverse legend
ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ

Identification

Period
Roman Imperial Period
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/16799
Type corpus identifier
CN type 16799

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