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Hadrianeia, Maximinus Thrax, bronze coin — Hygieia (CN type 18160)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

AD 235–238

Issuing entity

Mysia

Coin in bronze struck at Hadrianeia in Mysia under Maximinus Thrax, dated AD 235–238. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 18160 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Laureate bust of Maximinus Thrax, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Legend: Γ ΙΟV ΟVΗ ΜΑΞΙΜΕΙΝΟᛈ ΑVΓ. Reverse: Hygieia, Asclepius and Telesphorus; to left, Hygieia, feeding serpent from patera; to right, Asclepius holding serpent-staff; inbetween, Telesphorus. Legend: ΕΠΙ ΚΛ ΟΝΩΡΑΤΟV ΒΑΛ Α ΑΡΧ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΕΩΝ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 15.08 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 33 mm (from 1 recorded specimen).

Published references cited by the corpus: Calomino, RPC VI: Roman Provincial Coinage. Vol. VI: From Elagabalus to Maximinus Thrax (AD 218–238). online, nr. 4157; Fritze et al., Die antiken Münzen Mysiens. 1: Adramytion - Kisthene, Berlin 1913, p. 167, nr. 480; Linked type corpus.

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Historical context

Hadrianeia, also known as Hadriania, was a town of ancient Mysia located near Dursunbey in Asiatic Turkey. This bronze civic issue dates to the reign of Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus "Thrax", who ruled as Roman emperor from 235 to 238. Maximinus, who was proclaimed emperor by the Pannonian army following the assassination of Severus Alexander, was the first emperor from neither the senatorial nor the equestrian class. His accession marked the onset of the Crisis of the Third Century, which culminated in his overthrow and assassination in 238.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
33 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
15.08 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Hadrianeia
Region
Mysia
Authority type
City
Issuing authority
Maximinus Thrax

Design

Obverse type
Laureate bust of Maximinus Thrax, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
Reverse type
Hygieia, Asclepius and Telesphorus; to left, Hygieia, feeding serpent from patera; to right, Asclepius holding serpent-staff; inbetween, Telesphorus.
Obverse legend
Γ ΙΟV ΟVΗ ΜΑΞΙΜΕΙΝΟᛈ ΑVΓ
Reverse legend
ΕΠΙ ΚΛ ΟΝΩΡΑΤΟV ΒΑΛ Α ΑΡΧ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΕΩΝ

Identification

Period
Roman Imperial Period
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/18160
Type corpus identifier
CN type 18160

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