Topeiros, Caracalla, 5 unit — Labour of Heracles: Nude Heracles standing right (CN type 12010)
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
AD 197–217
Issuing entity
Thrace5 unit in bronze struck at Topeiros in Thrace under Caracalla, dated AD 197–217. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 12010 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).
Obverse: Laureate head of Caracalla, right. Legend: ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑVΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ. Reverse: Labour of Heracles: Nude Heracles standing right, strangling the Nemean lion; in left field, club. Legend: ΟΥΛΠΙΑϹ ΤΟΠΕΙΡΟΥ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 19.1 g (from 1 recorded specimen) and a diameter of 28.6–29.4 mm (from 1 recorded specimen).
Evidence at a glance
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- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 5 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 28.6–29.4 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 19.1 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Topeiros
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Caracalla
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate head of Caracalla, right.
- Reverse type
- Labour of Heracles: Nude Heracles standing right, strangling the Nemean lion; in left field, club.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑVΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΟΥΛΠΙΑϹ ΤΟΠΕΙΡΟΥ
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/12010
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 12010
- Source note
- The corpus record cites no printed literature for this type; it rests on recorded specimens.
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Recorded
- Issue or mint date
- Recorded
- Material
- Recorded
- Weight
- Recorded
- Mint or printer
- Recorded
- Mint or printer mark
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- Catalogue reference
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- Recorded
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Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
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