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Miletoupolis, Hadrian, bronze coin — Youthful Dionysus standing facing (CN type 16895)

DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.

Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

AD 117–138

Issuing entity

Mysia

Coin in bronze struck at Miletoupolis in Mysia under Hadrian, dated AD 117–138. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 16895 (issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Laureate bust of Hadrian, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Legend: ΑΔΡΙΑΝ[..] ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟ. Reverse: Youthful Dionysus standing facing, head left, holding cantharus in right hand over panther, seated left, head right, and long thyrsus in left arm. Legend: ΜΕΙΛΗΤΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ ΕΠΙΜΕΛΗ ΑϹΙΑΤΙΚΟV. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 14.82 g (from 1 recorded specimen) and a diameter of 29 mm (from 1 recorded specimen).

Published references cited by the corpus: Amandry et al., RPC III: Roman Provincial Coinage. Vol. III: Nerva, Trajan and Hadrian (AD 96-138), London:  Paris 2015, nr. 1649; Linked type corpus.

Evidence at a glance

Linked sources
3
Photograph views
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Catalogue references
2

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Historical context

Miletopolis, or Miletoupolis, was a Milesian colony located in northern Mysia at the confluence of the rivers Macestus and Rhyndacus. Hadrian served as Roman emperor from 117 to 138, pursuing imperial unification and philhellenism while visiting almost every province of the Empire. Under his reign, the civic authorities of Miletopolis struck provincial bronze coinage bearing his imperial name and titles.

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

How to identify
Check the mint name or ethnic, the reverse type and the legend together, then compare weight and module; types from the same mint often differ only in legend arrangement, magistrate names or control marks.
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/16895
Type corpus identifier
CN type 16895

Documentation checklist

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Issue or mint date
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Catalogue references

  • Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 1649
  • external concordance

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