Topeiros, Antoninus Pius, 4 unit (CN type 11994)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 144-148 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace4 unit in bronze struck at Topeiros in Thrace under Antoninus Pius dated ca. 144-148 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 11994. Obverse: Bare head of Antoninus Pius, right. Reverse: Heracles seated left on rock covered with lion skin, holding club in right hand, left resting on rock.
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
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/11994
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 11994
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 bibliographynr. 4560
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 282, nr. 2663
- external concordanceRPC IV.1, 4560
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