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Hadrianeia, Elagabal, bronze (CN type 18149)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

218–222 n. Chr.

Issuing entity

Mysia

Coin type in bronze struck at Hadrianeia in Mysia under Elagabal dated 218–222 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 18149. Obverse: Laureate bust of Elagabalus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: River-god and Hermes; to left, river-god reclined, r., under a tree, holding reed and resting r. arm on vase from which water flows; to right, Hermes standing facing, looking l., holding purse, caduceus and chlamys, at his feet, ram standing, l.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded mean weight
35.78 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Hadrianeia
Region
Mysia
Authority type
City
Issuing authority
Elagabal

Design

Obverse type
Laureate bust of Elagabalus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
Reverse type
River-god and Hermes; to left, river-god reclined, r., under a tree, holding reed and resting r. arm on vase from which water flows; to right, Hermes standing facing, looking l., holding purse, caduceus and chlamys, at his feet, ram standing, l.
Obverse legend
ΑVΤΟΚΡ Κ ΜΑ ΑVΡ ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ
Reverse legend
ЄΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΑVΡ ΛΟΛ ΠΡΟΚΛΟV ΑΔΡΙΑΝЄΩΝ

Identification

Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/18149
Type corpus identifier
CN type 18149

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Issue or mint date
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Material
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Weight
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Catalogue reference
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