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cn type 5578

Mint
Hadrianopolis 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

139-161 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
Μ ΑVΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΟVΗΡΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Design
Bare-headed bust of youthful Marcus Aurelius, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
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Reverse
Legend
ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Design
Bearded river-god (Tonzos) reclining left, holding cornucopia and resting on water-urn.
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Persons

Sitter: Marc Aurel 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
3 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
25 mm (1x)
Average Weight
8.47 g (2x)
Citation

Jurukova, Monetosečeneto na gradovete v Dolna Mizija i Trakija II - III v.: Chadrianopol, Sofija 1987 p. 125, nr. 50  ❐

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. 10606  ❐

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values II 2. Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia), Bourgas 2005 p. 262, nr. 3203 ❐

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/10606 ❐

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cn type 5578, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/5578 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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