cn type 5579

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 standing right, holding bow in both hands.
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Persons

Sitter

Marc Aurel 🔍 ❐

Metrology

Denomination

unit 🔍 ❐

Material

bronze  🔍 ❐

Diameter

Max: 20.1 mm / Min: 17.6 mm

Average Weight

3.88 g (4x)

Axes

7 (2x) 8 (1x)

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. 3180-3181  ❐

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

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cn type 5579, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/5579 [Last downloaded: 2025/11/15]

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