Miletoupolis, Antoninus Pius, bronze (CN type 17586)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
138–161 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin type in bronze struck at Miletoupolis in Mysia under Antoninus Pius dated 138–161 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 17586. Obverse: Bare-headed bust of Antoninus Pius, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Nude Hermes seated left on rock, wearing petasus, holding caduceus in right hand, left resting on rock.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 33.6–34.4 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 25.15 g (mean of 3 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Miletoupolis
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Antoninus Pius
Design
- Obverse type
- Bare-headed bust of Antoninus Pius, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Nude Hermes seated left on rock, wearing petasus, holding caduceus in right hand, left resting on rock.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV ΚΑΙ ΤΙ ΑΙ ΑΔΡΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡΑΤ(Η) ϹΕΞ ΚΛ ΔΙΦΙΛΟV ΜΕΙΛΗΤΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Identification
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/17586
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 17586
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. 605
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 82, nr. 33
- external concordance
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution