Miletoupolis, Antoninus Pius, bronze (CN type 17592)
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 17592. Obverse: Bare-headed bust of Antoninus Pius, right, wearing paludamentum. Reverse: Nude Dionysus standing left, wearing boots, holding cantharus and thyrsus; at his feet, panther.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 27–27.3 mm (from 2 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 paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Nude Dionysus standing left, wearing boots, holding cantharus and thyrsus; at his feet, panther.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV ΚΑΙ ΤΙ ΑΙ ΑΔΡΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- [ΕΠΙ] ΑΡΧΟΝ ΔΙΦΙΛΟV ΜΕΙΛΗΤΟΠΟΛΕΙ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/17592
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 17592
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- Issue or mint date
- Documented
- Material
- Documented
- Weight
- Research required
- Mint or printer
- Documented
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Documented
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 604
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 82, nr. 32
- external concordance
Research required
- Weight not recorded in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution