cn coin 8093
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cn coin 8093

Connected to Type

CN Type 231 🔍

Mint
Mesembria 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

117-138 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
Legend obverse ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑ Α-Δ-ΡΙΑΝΟϹ ΔΙϹ ϹΕΒ
Design
Laureate bust of Hadrian, right.
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Reverse
Legend
Legend reverse ΜΕϹΑΜΒΡ-ΙΑΝΩΝ
Design
Bearded Dionysus enthroned left, holding kantharos and thyrsus.
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Persons

Sitter: Hadrian 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
4 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 24 mm / Min: 23 mm
Owner

Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Münzkabinett, Wien, at ❐

Please note that the current ownership is not confirmed.

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin, [de] ❐

Plaster Cast No: Wien Mesembr. ?

Public Commentary

RPC III, 741/1.

Citation

Karayotov, The Coinage of Mesambria: Bronze Coins of Mesambria, Sozopol 2009 p. 398, nr. 8, pl. 131, pic. 8  ❐

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values II 2. Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia), Bourgas 2005 p. 345, nr. 4145 ❐

Karayotov, The Coinage of Mesambria: Bronze Coins of Mesambria, Sozopol 2009 p. 398, nr. 7-8, pl. 131, pic. 7-8 ❐

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values II 2. Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia), Bourgas 2005 p. 345, nr. 4145 ❐

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/48408 ❐

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cn coin 8093, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_8093 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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