Nikopolis ad Mestum, Caracalla, 5 unit (CN type 11854)
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 11854. Obverse: Laureate bust of bearded Caracalla, left, wearing cuirass and paludamentum, holding shield and spear; gorgoneion on shield. Reverse: Artemis advancing left, holding bow and arrow in both hands; at her feet, hound.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 5 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 28.5–29.7 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 14.44 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Nikopolis ad Mestum
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Caracalla
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of bearded Caracalla, left, wearing cuirass and paludamentum, holding shield and spear; gorgoneion on shield.
- Reverse type
- Artemis advancing left, holding bow and arrow in both hands; at her feet, hound.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑVΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΟVΛΠ ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ ΠΡΟϹ ΜΕϹΤΩ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/11854
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 11854
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. 68, nr. 60
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