Attaea, Antoninus Pius, bronze (CN type 17897)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 139–146 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin type in bronze struck at Attaea in Mysia under Antoninus Pius dated ca. 139–146 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 17897. Obverse: Bare-headed bust of youthful Marcus Aurelius, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Nude male (heros?), with his left foot on the rock, leaning forward.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 19–20 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 4.21 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Attaea
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Antoninus Pius
Design
- Obverse type
- Bare-headed bust of youthful Marcus Aurelius, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Nude male (heros?), with his left foot on the rock, leaning forward.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΡΗ ΟVΗΡΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
- Reverse legend
- ΑΤΤΑЄΙΤΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/17897
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 17897
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. 460
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 128, nr. 383
- external concordance
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution