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Hadrianeia, Geta, bronze coin — Hygieia and Asclepius (CN type 19789)

DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.

Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

c. AD 198–209

Issuing entity

Mysia

Coin in bronze struck at Hadrianeia in Mysia under Geta, dated c. AD 198–209. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 19789 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Draped bust of Geta with robe to the right. Legend: ΠΟV ϹΕΠΤΙΜ ΓΕΤΑϹ ΚΑ. Reverse: Hygieia and Asclepius; to left, Hygieia standing right, feeding serpent held in her right hand from patera in her outstretched left; to right, Asclepius standing facing, head left, resting his right hand on serpent-staff. Legend: ЄΠ ΜЄΝΑΝΔΡΟV ΚΛЄΑΝΔΡΟV ΑΡ Α ΑΔΡΙΑΝЄΩΝ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 24.59 g (from 1 recorded specimen).

Published references cited by the corpus: Fritze et al., Die antiken Münzen Mysiens. 1: Adramytion - Kisthene, Berlin 1913, p. 164, nr. 470.

Evidence at a glance

Linked sources
3
Photograph views
1
Catalogue references
1

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Historical context

Hadrianeia was a town of ancient Mysia, located near Dursunbey in Asiatic Turkey. During the Roman Imperial Period, the civic mint struck bronze coinage under Geta, the younger son of Emperor Septimius Severus and brother of Caracalla. Geta served as Roman emperor alongside his father and brother from 209 until his murder in December 211.

Physical characteristics

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

Technical characteristics

Mint
Hadrianeia
Region
Mysia
Authority type
City
Issuing authority
Geta

Design

Obverse type
Draped bust of Geta with robe to the right.
Reverse type
Hygieia and Asclepius; to left, Hygieia standing right, feeding serpent held in her right hand from patera in her outstretched left; to right, Asclepius standing facing, head left, resting his right hand on serpent-staff.
Obverse legend
ΠΟV ϹΕΠΤΙΜ ΓΕΤΑϹ ΚΑ
Reverse legend
ЄΠ ΜЄΝΑΝΔΡΟV ΚΛЄΑΝΔΡΟV ΑΡ Α ΑΔΡΙΑΝЄΩΝ

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/19789
Type corpus identifier
CN type 19789

Documentation checklist

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Issue or mint date
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Weight
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Mint or printer
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