Adramyttion, bronze (CN type 3259)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 200 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin type in bronze struck at Adramyttion in Mysia dated ca. 200 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 3259. Obverse: Draped bust of Athena to right, with helmet and with aegis. Reverse: Owl standing right, head facing.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 12–13.1 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 2.01 g (mean of 2 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, head facing.
- Reverse legend
- ΑΔΡΑΜVΤΗ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3259
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 3259
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. 144
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 33, nr. 97
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution