Hadrianeia, Marc Aurel, bronze (CN type 17573)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 166–169 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin type in bronze struck at Hadrianeia in Mysia under Marc Aurel dated ca. 166–169 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 17573. Obverse: Confronted busts of Marcus Aurelius and of Lucius Verus. Reverse: Hermes standing left, holding purse in the right hand and caduceus in the left hand.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded mean weight
- 28.35 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Hadrianeia
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Marc Aurel
Design
- Obverse type
- Confronted busts of Marcus Aurelius and of Lucius Verus.
- Reverse type
- Hermes standing left, holding purse in the right hand and caduceus in the left hand.
- Obverse legend
- Μ ΑVΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ Λ ΑVΡ ΟVΗΡΟϹ ΑVΤΟΚΡΑΤΟΡΕϹ
- Reverse legend
- ЄΠΙ ΛΟVΚΙΟV ΑΠΟ ΑΡΧ ΤΟ Β ΑΔΡΙΑΝЄΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/17573
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 17573
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 bibliographyp. 157, nr. 452
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 491
- external concordance
Research required
- Diameter not recorded in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution