Tomis, Elagabal, 4 unit — Heracles standing right (CN type 11795)
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
AD 218–222
Issuing entity
Moesia inferior4 unit struck at Tomis in Moesia inferior under Elagabal, dated AD 218–222. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 11795 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).
Obverse: Laureate bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from front, wearing cuirass and paludamentum; with aegis on left shoulder. Legend: Μ ΑVΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ΑVΓ. Reverse: Heracles standing right, lion skin over left shoulder, holding club overhead in raised left hand and grasping with right hand Hippolyte by her belt, seated right, head left, on horse advancing right; Hippolyte holds double axe in right hand and pelta in left hand. Legend: ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛ ΠΟΝΤΟV ΤΟ*ΜΕ*ΩϹ.
Measured specimens give a diameter of 24.3–26.3 mm (from 1 recorded specimen).
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 2
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Historical context
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, known as Elagabalus, reigned as Roman emperor from 218 to 222 after ascending the throne at fourteen years of age. A member of the Severan dynasty from Emesa, Syria, his rule encompassed extensive civic and imperial coin production across the empire. This issue was struck under his authority at the ancient port of Tomis, located in the Roman province of Moesia inferior on the Black Sea coast.
Physical characteristics
- Denomination
- 4 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 24.3–26.3 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 standing right, lion skin over left shoulder, holding club overhead in raised left hand and grasping with right hand Hippolyte by her belt, seated right, head left, on horse advancing right; Hippolyte holds double axe in right hand and pelta in left hand.
- Obverse legend
- Μ ΑVΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ΑVΓ
- Reverse legend
- ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛ ΠΟΝΤΟV ΤΟ*ΜΕ*ΩϹ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- How to identify
- Check the mint name or ethnic, the reverse type and the legend together, then compare weight and module; types from the same mint often differ only in legend arrangement, magistrate names or control marks.
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/11795
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 11795
- Source note
- The corpus record cites no printed literature for this type; it rests on recorded specimens.
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Recorded
- Issue or mint date
- Recorded
- Material
- Research required
- Weight
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- Mint or printer
- Recorded
- Mint or printer mark
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- Catalogue reference
- Research required
- Attached photograph (check rights)
- Recorded
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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