cn type 5597
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cn type 5597

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Hadrianopolis 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

160-161 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΑVΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑVΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΟVΗΡΟϹ
Design
Bust of bearded Marcus Aurelius, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
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Reverse
Legend
ΗΓΕΜ ΓΑΡ ΑΝΤΕΙΚΟV ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Design
Emperor (Marcus Aurelius) in military attire riding right on horseback, holding spear in right hand.
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Persons

Sitter: Marc Aurel 🔍  

Legatus Augusti pro praetore: Lucius Pullaienus Gargilius Antiquus 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
Material
Diameter
27.5 mm (1x)
Average Weight
11.01 g (1x)
Public Commentary

RPC IV.1, 10600 (temporary)

Citation

Jurukova, Monetosečeneto na gradovete v Dolna Mizija i Trakija II - III v.: Chadrianopol, Sofija 1987 p. 127, nr. 59 

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. 8125 

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values II 2. Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia), Bourgas 2005 p. 262, nr. 3207

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/8125

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/10600

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cn type 5597, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/5597 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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