Mesembria, Hadrian, 4 unit (CN type 231)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
117-138 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace4 unit in bronze struck at Mesembria in Thrace under Hadrian dated 117-138 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 231. Obverse: Laureate bust of Hadrian, right. Reverse: Bearded Dionysus enthroned left, holding kantharos and thyrsus.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 4 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 23–24 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Mesembria
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Hadrian
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Hadrian, right.
- Reverse type
- Bearded Dionysus enthroned left, holding kantharos and thyrsus.
- Obverse legend
- ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ΔΙϹ ϹΕΒ
- Reverse legend
- ΜΕϹΑΜΒΡΙΑΝΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/231
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 231
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Documented
- Issue or mint date
- Documented
- Material
- Documented
- Weight
- Research required
- Mint or printer
- Documented
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Documented
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 398, nr. 7-8, pl. 131, pic. 7-8
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 345, nr. 4145
Research required
- Weight not recorded in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution