Miletoupolis, Marc Aurel, bronze (CN type 17597)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
164–169 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin type in bronze struck at Miletoupolis in Mysia under Marc Aurel dated 164–169 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 17597. Obverse: Laureate bust of bearded Marcus Aurelius, 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 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 24.84 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Miletoupolis
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Marc Aurel
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of bearded Marcus Aurelius, 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
- ΑVΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑVΡΗΛ ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ЄΠΙ ϹΤΡΑΤΗ Τ ΦΛ ΚΡΙϹΠΟV ΜЄΙΛΗΤΟΠΟΛЄΙΤΩΝ
Identification
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/17597
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 17597
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. 9178
- external concordance
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution