Dardanos, Hadrian, bronze (CN type 3997)

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Record status

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Period

117-138 n. Chr.

Issuing entity

Troas

Coin type in bronze struck at Dardanos in Troas under Hadrian dated 117-138 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 3997. Obverse: Laureate bust of Hadrian, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Zeus in the form of an eagle left, abducting Ganymede with Phrygian cap, chlamys and holding pedum in right hand.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
21.8 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
5.29 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Dardanos
Region
Troas
Authority type
City
Issuing authority
Hadrian

Design

Obverse type
Laureate bust of Hadrian, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
Reverse type
Zeus in the form of an eagle left, abducting Ganymede with Phrygian cap, chlamys and holding pedum in right hand.
Obverse legend
ΑVΤ ΚΑΙ ϹЄΒΑ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ
Reverse legend
ΔΑΡΔΑΝЄWΝ

Identification

Period
Roman Imperial Period
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3997
Type corpus identifier
CN type 3997

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