Miletoupolis, Hadrian, bronze (CN type 16892)
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 Miletoupolis in Mysia under Hadrian dated 117–138 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 16892. Obverse: Laureate bust of Hadrian, right. Reverse: Athena standing facing, head left, holding patera in outstretched right hand and left hand on shield placed on ground; behind, a lance; at her feet, owl.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 19–19.6 mm (from 3 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 4.24 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Miletoupolis
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Hadrian
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Hadrian, right.
- Reverse type
- Athena standing facing, head left, holding patera in outstretched right hand and left hand on shield placed on ground; behind, a lance; at her feet, owl.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV Κ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΜΕΙΛΗΤΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ ΕΠΙ Κ Ο
Identification
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/16892
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 16892
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. 1646
- external concordance
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution