Nikopolis ad Mestum, Caracalla, 5 unit (CN type 11851)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
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 11851. Obverse: Laureate bust of bearded Caracalla, right. Reverse: Serpent with nimbate head coiling right, bent four times.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 5 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 28.7–32 mm (from 3 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 15.23 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
- Serpent with nimbate head coiling right, bent four times.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑVΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΟVΛ ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ ΠΡ ΜΕϹΤΩ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/11851
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 11851
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. 66, nr. 53
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