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cn type 5580

Mint
Hadrianopolis 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

139-161 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΟVΗΡΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Design
Bare-headed bust of youthful Marcus Aurelius, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
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Reverse
Legend
ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤ
Design
Nude Apollo advancing right, holding bow in left hand, drawing arrow from quiver at shoulder.
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Persons

Sitter: Marc Aurel 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 20.1 mm / Min: 19.2 mm
Average Weight
3.81 g (2x)
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. 3914  ❐

Jurukova, Monetosečeneto na gradovete v Dolna Mizija i Trakija II - III v.: Chadrianopol, Sofija 1987 p. 126, nr. 53  ❐

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values II 2. Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia), Bourgas 2005 p. 261, nr. 3182-3183 ❐

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/3914 ❐

Cite this record:

cn type 5580, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/5580 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/24]

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