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Kame, Sabina, bronze coin — Horseman riding right (CN type 3475)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

c. AD 129–138

Issuing entity

Mysia

Coin in bronze struck at Kame in Mysia under Sabina, 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 3475 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Diademed and draped bust of Sabina, right. Legend: ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ ϹΑΒΙΝΑ. Reverse: Horseman riding right, wearing floating mantle. Legend: ϹΤΡ ΤΡVΦωΝΟϹ ΚΑΜΗΝωΝ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 6.65 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 19–21 mm (from 2 recorded specimens). Published references cited by the corpus: Fritze et al., Die antiken Münzen Mysiens. 1: Adramytion - Kisthene, Berlin 1913, p. 218, nr. 615; Amandry et al., RPC III: Roman Provincial Coinage. Vol. III: Nerva, Trajan and Hadrian (AD 96-138), London:  Paris 2015, nr. 1843; Linked type corpus.

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Historical context

This bronze coin was struck at the city of Kame in Mysia, an ancient region situated on the south coast of the Sea of Marmara in northwestern Asia Minor. It dates to the Roman Imperial period under Vibia Sabina, Roman Empress and wife of the Roman Emperor Hadrian. Sabina was the daughter of suffect consul Lucius Vibius Sabinus and Matidia, a niece of Emperor Trajan.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
19–21 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
6.65 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Kame
Region
Mysia
Authority type
City
Issuing authority
Sabina

Design

Obverse type
Diademed and draped bust of Sabina, right.
Reverse type
Horseman riding right, wearing floating mantle.
Obverse legend
ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ ϹΑΒΙΝΑ
Reverse legend
ϹΤΡ 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/3475
Type corpus identifier
CN type 3475

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