Tomis, Elagabal, 4 unit (CN type 11786)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
218-222 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Moesia inferior4 unit in bronze struck at Tomis in Moesia inferior under Elagabal dated 218-222 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 11786. Obverse: Laureate bust of Elagabalus, right, wearing scale cuirass. Reverse: Hermes standing left, holding purse in right hand and caduceus and garment over left arm; at his feet rooster standing left, head right.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 4 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 25–27 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 11.45 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Tomis
- Region
- Moesia inferior
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Elagabal
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Elagabalus, right, wearing scale cuirass.
- Reverse type
- Hermes standing left, holding purse in right hand and caduceus and garment over left arm; at his feet rooster standing left, head right.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑVΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΜΗΤΡΟ ΠΟΝΤΟV ΤΟΜΕΩᛈ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/11786
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 11786
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Documented
- Issue or mint date
- Documented
- Material
- Documented
- Weight
- Documented
- Mint or printer
- Documented
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Research required
- Licensed photograph
- Research required
Catalogue references
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