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Koila, Caracalla, bronze coin — Artemis advancing right (CN type 11873)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

AD 198–217

Issuing entity

Thrace

Coin in bronze struck at Koila in Thrace under Caracalla, dated AD 198–217. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 11873 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Laureate bust of youthful Caracalla, right, wearing paludamentum. Legend: M ANTONINVS PIVS AV. Reverse: Artemis advancing right, holding bow in left hand, drawing arrow from quiver at shoulder. Legend: AEL MVNICIP COIL. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 2.07 g (from 1 recorded specimen). Published references cited by the corpus: Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values III Band 3, Thrace (from Perinthus to Trajanopolis), 2007, p. 310, nr. 2921.

Evidence at a glance

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Catalogue references
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Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded mean weight
2.07 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Koila
Region
Thrace
Authority type
City
Issuing authority
Caracalla

Design

Obverse type
Laureate bust of youthful Caracalla, right, wearing paludamentum.
Reverse type
Artemis advancing right, holding bow in left hand, drawing arrow from quiver at shoulder.
Obverse legend
M ANTONINVS PIVS AV
Reverse legend
AEL MVNICIP COIL

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/11873
Type corpus identifier
CN type 11873

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