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Dardanos, Hadrian, bronze coin — Aeneas walking right (CN type 3994)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

AD 117–138

Issuing entity

Troas

Coin in bronze struck at Dardanos in Troas under Hadrian, dated AD 117–138. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 3994 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Laureate head of Hadrian, right. Legend: [ ]ΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ [ ]. Reverse: Aeneas walking right, head left, carrying Anchises on his left arm and leading Ascanius. Legend: ΔΑΡΔΑΝЄWΝ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 5.04 g (from 1 recorded specimen) and a diameter of 19.6 mm (from 1 recorded specimen). Published references cited by the corpus: Amandry et al., RPC III: Roman Provincial Coinage. Vol. III: Nerva, Trajan and Hadrian (AD 96-138), London:  Paris 2015, p. 189, nr. 1566, pl. 68, pic. 1566; Linked type corpus, RPC III, 1566.

Evidence at a glance

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Catalogue references
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Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
19.6 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
5.04 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Dardanos
Region
Troas
Authority type
City
Issuing authority
Hadrian

Design

Obverse type
Laureate head of Hadrian, right.
Reverse type
Aeneas walking right, head left, carrying Anchises on his left arm and leading Ascanius.
Obverse legend
[ ]ΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ [ ]
Reverse legend
ΔΑΡΔΑΝЄWΝ

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/3994
Type corpus identifier
CN type 3994

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