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cn coin 15242

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CN Type 3361 🔍

Mint
Abydos 🔍  

Region: Troas  

Date

117-138 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
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Legend obverse ΚΑΙϹΑΡ - ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ
Design
Laureate head of Hadrian, right.
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Reverse
Legend
Legend reverse Α-Β-Υ
Design
Cult statue of Artemis, standing facing, both hands outstretched to left and right, holding branch in left hand. Border of dots.
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Persons

Sitter: Hadrian 🔍  

Metrology
Material
Diameter
14 mm
Weight
2.15 g
Owner

British Museum, Department of Coins and Medals, London, gb

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin, [de]

Plaster Cast No: London 812, c. 7,59

Public Commentary

Diameter after plaster cast; on the reverse, Wroth (BMC) erroneously reads ΑΒΥΔ.

Citation

Wroth, A catalogue of the Greek coins in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Greek coins of Troas, Aeolis and Lesbos, Bologna 1964 p. 7, nr. 59 

Heuchert, RPC Online nr. 1559 (1) 

Amandry et al., RPC III: Roman Provincial Coinage. Vol. III: Nerva, Trajan and Hadrian (AD 96-138), London :  Paris 2015 p. 188, nr. 1559/1, pl. 67, pic. 1559 

Literature

Wroth, A catalogue of the Greek coins in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Greek coins of Troas, Aeolis and Lesbos, Bologna 1964 p. 7, nr. 59

Amandry et al., RPC III: Roman Provincial Coinage. Vol. III: Nerva, Trajan and Hadrian (AD 96-138), London :  Paris 2015 nr. 1559

Amandry et al., RPC III: Roman Provincial Coinage. Vol. III: Nerva, Trajan and Hadrian (AD 96-138), London :  Paris 2015 p. 188, nr. 1559, pl. 67, pic. 1559

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cn coin 15242, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_15242 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/25]

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