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Ilion, Marc Aurel, sestertius — Armoured Hector on galloping biga (CN type 20393)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

AD 161–180

Issuing entity

Troas

Sestertius in bronze struck at Ilion in Troas under Marc Aurel, dated AD 161–180. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 20393 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Laureate bust of bearded Marcus Aurelius, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Legend: ΑV ΚΑΙ ΜΑΡ ΑVΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙ ΑVΓ. Reverse: Armoured Hector on galloping biga, left, holding a shield and spear in his left hand and his upraised right hand about to hurl a stone. Legend: ΕΚΤΩΡ ΙΛΙΕΩΝ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 24.36 g (mean of 3 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 34.3–36 mm (from 4 recorded specimens).

Published references cited by the corpus: Bellinger, Troy: the coins, Princeton 1961, p. 51, nr. T147, pl. 7, pic. T147; Fritze, Die Münzen von Ilion, Athen 1902, p. 490, nr. 62.

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Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Denomination
sestertius
Recorded diameter
34.3–36 mm (from 4 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
24.36 g (mean of 3 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Ilion
Region
Troas
Authority type
City
Issuing authority
Marc Aurel

Design

Obverse type
Laureate bust of bearded Marcus Aurelius, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
Reverse type
Armoured Hector on galloping biga, left, holding a shield and spear in his left hand and his upraised right hand about to hurl a stone.
Obverse legend
ΑV ΚΑΙ ΜΑΡ ΑVΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙ ΑVΓ
Reverse legend
ΕΚΤΩΡ ΙΛΙΕΩΝ

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/20393
Type corpus identifier
CN type 20393

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