cn type 18956

Mint

Skepsis 🔍

Region: Troas

Date

c. 169-235 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse

Legend

ϹΚΗΨΙΩΝ

Design

Draped bearded bust of Dionysus, right, wearing ivy wreath and kalathos; holding kantharos in his right hand.
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Reverse

Legend

ϹΚΗΨΙΩΝ ΔΑΡΔ

Design

Horseman galopping right, brandishing spear.
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Metrology

Material

bronze 🔍

Diameter

Max: 20 mm / Min: 19.4 mm

Average Weight

2.75 g (5x)

Axes

6 (3x)

Public Commentary

RPC IV, 2599: 169–182 n. Chr

Citation

Heuchert, RPC IV: Roman Provincial Coinage. Vol. IV: From Antoninus Pius to Commodus (AD 138–192). online (temporary), http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/ nr. 2599 ❐

Schwabacher, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum : the Royal Collection of Coins and Medals, Copenhagen 1942 nr. 489, pl. 11, pic. 489 ❐

Bloesch, Griechische Münzen in Winterthur, Winterthur 1987 p. 50-51, nr. 2784, pl. 124, pic. 2784 ❐

Baldus, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum. Deutschland. Staatliche Münzsammlung München. 19.Heft. Troas - Lesbos. Nr. 1-813 19, München 1991 nr. 331 ❐

Literature

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/2599 ❐

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cn type 18956, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/18956 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/21]