Topeiros, Antoninus Pius, 4 unit — Heracles seated left on rock covered with lion skin (CN type 11994)
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
c. AD 144–148
Issuing entity
Thrace4 unit in bronze struck at Topeiros in Thrace under Antoninus Pius, dated c. AD 144–148. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 11994 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).
Obverse: Bare head of Antoninus Pius, right. Legend: ΑVΤ ΚΑΙ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟϹ. Reverse: Heracles seated left on rock covered with lion skin, holding club in right hand, left resting on rock. Legend: ΕΠΙ ΦΑΒ ΑΓΡΙΠΠЄΙΝΟΥ ΤΟΠЄΙΡЄΙΤΩΝ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 7.38 g (mean of 79 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 21.7–26 mm (from 76 recorded specimens). Published references cited by the corpus: Heuchert, RPC IV: Roman Provincial Coinage. Vol. IV: From Antoninus Pius to Commodus (AD 138–192). online (temporary), http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/, nr. 4560; Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values III Band 3, Thrace (from Perinthus to Trajanopolis), 2007, p. 282, nr. 2663; Linked type corpus, RPC IV.1, 4560.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 3
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 3
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 4 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 21.7–26 mm (from 76 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 7.38 g (mean of 79 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Topeiros
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Antoninus Pius
Design
- Obverse type
- Bare head of Antoninus Pius, right.
- Reverse type
- Heracles seated left on rock covered with lion skin, holding club in right hand, left resting on rock.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ ΚΑΙ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΕΠΙ ΦΑΒ ΑΓΡΙΠΠЄΙΝΟΥ ΤΟΠЄΙΡЄΙΤΩΝ
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/11994
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 11994
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Recorded
- Issue or mint date
- Recorded
- Material
- Recorded
- Weight
- Recorded
- Mint or printer
- Recorded
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Recorded
- Attached photograph (check rights)
- Recorded
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Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 4560
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 282, nr. 2663
- external concordanceRPC IV.1, 4560
Research required
- No rights-cleared photograph attached yet