Ilion, Marc Aurel, sestertius (CN type 20399)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
161–180 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Troassestertius in bronze struck at Ilion in Troas under Marc Aurel dated 161–180 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 20399. Obverse: Laureate bust of bearded Marcus Aurelius, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Statue of Athena Ilias on base in the middle of a hexastyle Corinthian temple.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- sestertius
- Recorded diameter
- 34 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 25.12 g (mean of 1 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
- Statue of Athena Ilias on base in the middle of a hexastyle Corinthian temple.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV ΚΑΙ ΜΑΡ ΑVΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙ ΑVΓ
- Reverse legend
- ΙΛΙΕΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/20399
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 20399
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Documented
- 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. 51, nr. T146, pl. 7, pic. T146
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 489, nr. 58
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution