Pergamon, Hadrian, bronze (CN type 16965)

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Record status

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Period

117-138 n. Chr.

Issuing entity

Mysia

Coin type in bronze struck at Pergamon in Mysia under Hadrian dated 117-138 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 16965. Obverse: Laureate bust of Hadrian, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Draped male bust of the personification of the Roman Senate, right.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
15–16.7 mm (from 3 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
2.6 g (mean of 6 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Pergamon
Region
Mysia
Authority type
City
Issuing authority
Hadrian

Design

Obverse type
Laureate bust of Hadrian, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
Reverse type
Draped male bust of the personification of the Roman Senate, right.
Obverse legend
ΑV ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ
Reverse legend
ΙЄΡΑ ϹΥΝΚΛΗΤΟϹ

Identification

Period
Roman Imperial Period
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/16965
Type corpus identifier
CN type 16965

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