Adramyttion, bronze (CN type 3256)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 117-138 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin type in bronze struck at Adramyttion in Mysia dated ca. 117-138 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 3256. Obverse: Draped bust of Athena to right, with helmet and with aegis. Reverse: Owl standing right on thunderbolt, head facing.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 11–12 mm (from 3 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 1.55 g (mean of 3 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Adramyttion
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Draped bust of Athena to right, with helmet and with aegis.
- Reverse type
- Owl standing right on thunderbolt, head facing.
- Reverse legend
- ΑΔΡΑΜVΤ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3256
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 3256
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- 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. 215, nr. 143
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 32, nr. 96
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution