Pergamon, Hadrian, bronze (CN type 16972)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

136–137 n. Chr.

Issuing entity

Mysia

Coin type in bronze struck at Pergamon in Mysia under Hadrian dated 136–137 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 16972. Obverse: Bare head of Lucius Aelius, right. Reverse: Dionysus standing left, wearing chiotn and boots, holding cantharus and thyrsus; at his feet left panther.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded mean weight
23.08 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Pergamon
Region
Mysia
Authority type
City
Issuing authority
Hadrian

Design

Obverse type
Bare head of Lucius Aelius, right.
Reverse type
Dionysus standing left, wearing chiotn and boots, holding cantharus and thyrsus; at his feet left panther.
Obverse legend
Λ ΑΙΛΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Reverse legend
ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡΑΤΗΓΟΥ ΚΛ ΑΙϹΙΜΟΥ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ

Identification

Period
Roman Imperial Period
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/16972
Type corpus identifier
CN type 16972

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Issue or mint date
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Material
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Weight
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Mint or printer
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