Kame, Hadrian, bronze coin — Dionysus standing facing (CN type 3468)
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
c. AD 129–138
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin in bronze struck at Kame in Mysia under Hadrian, dated c. AD 129–138. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 3468 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).
Obverse: Laureate head of Hadrian, right. Legend: ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙ ΟΛΥΜΠΙΟϹ. Reverse: Dionysus standing facing, wearing short chiton, holding cantharus in right hand over panther seated left and long thyrsus in left arm. Legend: ЄΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΙΟΥ ΤΡVΦωΝΟϹ ΚΑΜΗΝωΝ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 11.45 g (from 1 recorded specimen) and a diameter of 25–27 mm (from 1 recorded specimen). Published references cited by the corpus: Fritze et al., Die antiken Münzen Mysiens. 1: Adramytion - Kisthene, Berlin 1913, p. 217, nr. 612; Amandry et al., RPC III: Roman Provincial Coinage. Vol. III: Nerva, Trajan and Hadrian (AD 96-138), London: Paris 2015, nr. 1841.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 3
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 2
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 25–27 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 11.45 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Kame
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Hadrian
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate head of Hadrian, right.
- Reverse type
- Dionysus standing facing, wearing short chiton, holding cantharus in right hand over panther seated left and long thyrsus in left arm.
- Obverse legend
- ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙ ΟΛΥΜΠΙΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ЄΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΙΟΥ ΤΡVΦωΝΟϹ ΚΑΜΗΝωΝ
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/3468
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 3468
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- Issue or mint date
- Recorded
- Material
- Recorded
- Weight
- Recorded
- Mint or printer
- Recorded
- Mint or printer mark
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- Catalogue reference
- Recorded
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- Recorded
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Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 217, nr. 612
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 1841
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