Tomis, Elagabal, 4 unit (CN type 11787)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
218-222 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Moesia inferior4 unit struck at Tomis in Moesia inferior under Elagabal dated 218-222 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 11787. Obverse: Laureate bust of Elagabalus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Hermes (wearing boots?) standing left, holding purse in right hand and caduceus and garment over left arm; at his feet rooster (?) standing left, head right.
Physical characteristics
- Denomination
- 4 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 22.9–25.1 mm (from 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 cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Hermes (wearing boots?) 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 ΑVΡΗ ΑΝΤΩ*ΝΕ*ΙΝΟᛈ
- Reverse legend
- [...]ΠΟΝΤΟV ΤΟ[...]
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/11787
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 11787
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Documented
- Issue or mint date
- Documented
- Material
- Research required
- Weight
- Research required
- Mint or printer
- Documented
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Research required
- Licensed photograph
- Research required
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Weight not recorded in the source corpus
- No rights-cleared photograph attached yet