Nikopolis ad Mestum, Caracalla, 5 unit (CN type 11840)
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Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
209-212 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace5 unit in bronze struck at Nikopolis ad Mestum in Thrace under Caracalla dated 209-212 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 11840. Obverse: Laureate bust of bearded Caracalla, right. Reverse: Nemesis-Aequitas standing left, holding scales and cubit-rule; at her feet, wheel.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 5 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 28–29 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 13.78 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Nikopolis ad Mestum
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Caracalla
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of bearded Caracalla, right.
- Reverse type
- Nemesis-Aequitas standing left, holding scales and cubit-rule; at her feet, wheel.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑVΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝ(Ε)ΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΟVΛ(Π) ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ ΠΡ(ΟϹ) ΜΕϹΤΩ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/11840
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 11840
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. 60, 66, nr. 22, 50
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