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Nikopolis ad Mestum, Caracalla, 5 unit — Eagle standing right on altar (CN type 11845)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

AD 209–212

Issuing entity

Thrace

5 unit in bronze struck at Nikopolis ad Mestum in Thrace under Caracalla, dated AD 209–212. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 11845 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Laureate bust of bearded Caracalla, right. Legend: ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑVΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ. Reverse: Eagle standing right on altar, holding a wreath in beak, between two standards. Legend: ΟVΛ ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ ΠΡΟϹ ΜΕϹΤΩ. Measured specimens give a diameter of 30 mm (from 2 recorded specimens). Published references cited by the corpus: Komnick, Die Münzprägung von Nicopolis ad Mestum: Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin 2003, p. 61, nr. 31.

Evidence at a glance

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Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Denomination
5 unit
Recorded diameter
30 mm (from 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
Eagle standing right on altar, holding a wreath in beak, between two standards.
Obverse legend
ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑVΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Reverse legend
ΟVΛ ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ ΠΡΟϹ ΜΕϹΤΩ

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/11845
Type corpus identifier
CN type 11845

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