Tomis, Elagabal, 4 unit (CN type 11794)
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 11794. Obverse: Laureate bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from front, wearing cuirass and paludamentum; with aegis on left shoulder. Reverse: Heracles kneeling right, lion skin draped over left shoulder, holding club in right hand, pushing the already lying Cerynean hind with his left knee at its back and grasping it by the antlers with his left hand.
Physical characteristics
- Denomination
- 4 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 24.9–25.6 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, seen from front, wearing cuirass and paludamentum; with aegis on left shoulder.
- Reverse type
- Heracles kneeling right, lion skin draped over left shoulder, holding club in right hand, pushing the already lying Cerynean hind with his left knee at its back and grasping it by the antlers with his left hand.
- Obverse legend
- Μ ΑVΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ΑVΓ
- Reverse legend
- ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛ ΠΟΝΤΟV ΤΟ[*ΜΕ*]ΩϹ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/11794
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 11794
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