Hadrianoi, Philippus Arabs, bronze (CN type 18492)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
244–249 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin type in bronze struck at Hadrianoi in Mysia under Philippus Arabs dated 244–249 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 18492. Obverse: Laureate bust of Philip the Arab, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Dionysus (nude) standing facing, head left, holding cantharus with r. hand and leaning on thyrsus with l. hand; to left, Satyr holding up child towards cantharus; to right, panther striding to the right and looking back.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 36–38 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 21.46 g (mean of 3 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Hadrianoi
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Philippus Arabs
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Philip the Arab, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Dionysus (nude) standing facing, head left, holding cantharus with r. hand and leaning on thyrsus with l. hand; to left, Satyr holding up child towards cantharus; to right, panther striding to the right and looking back.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΙΟVΛ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΑVΓ
- Reverse legend
- ΕΠΙ ΑVΡ ΔΡΑVΚΟV ΕΠΑΦΡΟΔΕΙΤΟV ΠΡΩ ΑΡΧ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/18492
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 18492
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 bibliographyp. 189, nr. 538
- external concordance
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution