Ilion, Hadrian, semis (CN type 20406)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
117–138 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Troassemis in bronze struck at Ilion in Troas under Hadrian dated 117–138 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 20406. Obverse: Laureate bust of Hadrian, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Ganymede with Phrygian cap facing, head right, being carried away by a spread eagle behind him.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- semis
- Recorded diameter
- 22.1 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 6.32 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Ilion
- Region
- Troas
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Hadrian
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Hadrian, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Ganymede with Phrygian cap facing, head right, being carried away by a spread eagle behind him.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ ΚΑΙ ϹЄΒΑ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΙΛΙ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/20406
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 20406
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. 48, nr. T136
- external concordance
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution