Markianopolis, Elagabal, 5 unit (CN type 11798)
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Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 218-222 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Moesia inferior5 unit in bronze struck at Markianopolis in Moesia inferior under Elagabal dated ca. 218-222 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 11798. Obverse: Confronted head of Elagabalus, laureate, and bust of Julia Maesa, diademed and draped. Reverse: Hygieia standing right, feeding serpent from patera.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 5 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 28 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 12.47 g (mean of 4 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Markianopolis
- Region
- Moesia inferior
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Elagabal
Design
- Obverse type
- Confronted head of Elagabalus, laureate, and bust of Julia Maesa, diademed and draped.
- Reverse type
- Hygieia standing right, feeding serpent from patera.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑVΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ΙΟVΛΙΑ ΜΑΙϹ ΑVΓ
- Reverse legend
- VΠ ΙΟVΛ ΑΝΤ ϹΕΛΕVΚΟV ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤ*ΩΝ*
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/11798
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 11798
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
- Documented
- Licensed photograph
- Research required
Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 166, nr. 1635a
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 275, nr. 959 (var.)
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