Miletoupolis, Hadrian, bronze (CN type 16895)
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 16895. Obverse: Laureate bust of Hadrian, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Youthful Dionysus standing facing, head left, holding cantharus in right hand over panther, seated left, head right, and long thyrsus in left arm.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 29 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 14.82 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, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Youthful Dionysus standing facing, head left, holding cantharus in right hand over panther, seated left, head right, and long thyrsus in left arm.
- Obverse legend
- ΑΔΡΙΑΝ[...] ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟ
- Reverse legend
- ΜΕΙΛΗΤΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ ΕΠΙΜΕΛΗ ΑϹΙΑΤΙΚΟV
Identification
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/16895
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 16895
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. 1649
- external concordance
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution