Hadrianoi, Severus Alexander, bronze (CN type 18164)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
222–235 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin type in bronze struck at Hadrianoi in Mysia under Severus Alexander dated 222–235 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 18164. Obverse: laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, r. Reverse: Nude Apollo standing right, holding plectrum in right hand and lyre standing on tripod entwined by serpent in left hand.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded mean weight
- 8.7 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Hadrianoi
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Severus Alexander
Design
- Obverse type
- laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, r.
- Reverse type
- Nude Apollo standing right, holding plectrum in right hand and lyre standing on tripod entwined by serpent in left hand.
- Obverse legend
- Μ ΑVΡ ϹΕV ΑΛЄΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΑVΓ
- Reverse legend
- ΕΠΙ ΑΙΛ ΠΟΛVΑΙΝΟV ΑΡ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΩΝ
Identification
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/18164
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 18164
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. 4160
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 187, nr. 533
- external concordance
Research required
- Diameter not recorded in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution