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Adramyttion, Caracalla, bronze coin — Asclepius standing facing (CN type 3043)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

AD 218–222

Issuing entity

Mysia

Coin in bronze struck at Adramyttion in Mysia under Caracalla, dated AD 218–222. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 3043 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Laureate bust of Elagabalus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Legend: ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑVΡ ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟϹ. Reverse: Asclepius standing facing, head left, holding patera in right hand, left resting on serpent-staff; at his feet, left Telesphoros. Legend: ЄΠΙ ϹΤΡ [..] ΑΔΡΑΜVΤΗΝΩΝ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 25.62 g (from 1 recorded specimen). Published references cited by the corpus: Stauber et al., Die Bucht von Adramytteion, Bonn 1996, p. 226, nr. 200; Levante, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum. France. 5, Département des monnaies, médailles et antiques. Mysie 5, Paris/Zürich 2001, nr. 57, pl. 4; Linked type corpus, unter Elagabal: Zeus standing facing, looking l., holding eagle (reworked as a patera) and resting on long sceptre (reworked as Asclepius' staff); to l., small Telesphorus (Telesphoros engraved(?) ).

Evidence at a glance

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Photograph views
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Catalogue references
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Historical context

Adramyttion, also known as Adramyttium, was an ancient city located in Aeolis in modern-day Turkey. Elagabalus, born Varius Avitus Bassianus and taking the regnal name Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, served as Roman emperor from 218 until his death in 222. The coin's reverse depicts Asclepius, the ancient Greek god of medicine and healing, accompanied by his serpent-entwined staff and Telesphoros.

Physical characteristics

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

Technical characteristics

Mint
Adramyttion
Region
Mysia
Authority type
City
Issuing authority
Caracalla

Design

Obverse type
Laureate bust of Elagabalus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
Reverse type
Asclepius standing facing, head left, holding patera in right hand, left resting on serpent-staff; at his feet, left Telesphoros.
Obverse legend
ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑVΡ ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟϹ
Reverse legend
ЄΠΙ ϹΤΡ [...] ΑΔΡΑΜVΤΗΝΩΝ

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/3043
Type corpus identifier
CN type 3043

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