Miletoupolis, Antoninus Pius, bronze coin — Nude Hermes seated left on rock (CN type 17586)
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
AD 138–161
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin in bronze struck at Miletoupolis in Mysia under Antoninus Pius, dated AD 138–161. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 17586 (issuing authority type: city).
Obverse: Bare-headed bust of Antoninus Pius, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Legend: ΑV ΚΑΙ ΤΙ ΑΙ ΑΔΡΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ. Reverse: Nude Hermes seated left on rock, wearing petasus, holding caduceus in right hand, left resting on rock. Legend: ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡΑΤ(Η) ϹΕΞ ΚΛ ΔΙΦΙΛΟV ΜΕΙΛΗΤΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 25.15 g (mean of 3 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 33.6–34.4 mm (from 2 recorded specimens).
Published references cited by the corpus: Heuchert, RPC IV: Roman Provincial Coinage. Vol. IV: From Antoninus Pius to Commodus (AD 138–192). online (temporary), http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/, nr. 605; Schwertheim et al., Die Inschriften von Kyzikos und Umgebung. 2: Miletupolis. Inschriften und Denkmäler, Bonn 1983, p. 82, nr. 33; Linked type corpus.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 3
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 3
Counts describe this entry’s documentation, not authenticity, rarity or completeness. Photographs may show one specimen; check each caption and licence.
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
- 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/17586
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 17586
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- Issue or mint date
- Recorded
- Material
- Recorded
- Weight
- Recorded
- Mint or printer
- Recorded
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Recorded
- Attached photograph (check rights)
- Recorded
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Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 605
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 82, nr. 33
- external concordance
Research required
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