Mesembria, Hadrian, 5 unit (CN type 385)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
117-138 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace5 unit in bronze struck at Mesembria in Thrace under Hadrian dated 117-138 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 385. Obverse: Laureate bust of Hadrian, right. Reverse: Apollo standing left, holding plectrum and lyre on column.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 5 unit
- Recorded mean weight
- 18.53 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Mesembria
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Hadrian
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Hadrian, right.
- Reverse type
- Apollo standing left, holding plectrum and lyre on column.
- Obverse legend
- ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ΔΙϹ ϹΕΒ
- Reverse legend
- ΜΕϹΑΜΒΡΙΑΝΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/385
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 385
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Documented
- 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. 398, nr. 5-6b, pl. 131, pic. 5-6b
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 345, nr. 4144
Research required
- Diameter not recorded in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution