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Gargara, Caracalla, bronze coin — Bull charging right (CN type 12202)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

AD 198–211

Issuing entity

Troas

Coin in bronze struck at Gargara in Troas under Caracalla, dated AD 198–211. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 12202 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Laureate bust of youthful Caracalla, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Legend: ΑV ΚΑ Μ ΑVΡ ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟϹ. Reverse: Bull charging right. Legend: ЄΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΜΑΞΙΜΟV ΡΟVΦΟV ΜЄΙΔΙΟV ΓΑΡΓΑΡЄΩΝ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 26.42 g (from 1 recorded specimen) and a diameter of 34 mm (from 1 recorded specimen). Published references cited by the corpus: Sylloge nummorum Graecorum Deutschland. Staatliche Münzsammlung München. 19. Heft, Troas - Lesbos. Nr. 1-813 / [bearbeitet von Hans Roland Baldus. Photos: H. Hotter]. 19, München, nr. 193, pl. 7, pic. 193; Kraft, Das System der kaiserzeitlichen Münzprägung in Kleinasien: Materialien und Entwürfe, Berlin 1972, p. 168, nr. 21b, pl. 66, pic. 21b.

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Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
34 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
26.42 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Gargara
Region
Troas
Authority type
City
Issuing authority
Caracalla

Design

Obverse type
Laureate bust of youthful Caracalla, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
Reverse type
Bull charging right.
Obverse legend
ΑV ΚΑ Μ ΑVΡ ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟϹ
Reverse legend
ЄΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΜΑΞΙΜΟV ΡΟVΦΟV ΜЄΙΔΙΟV ΓΑΡΓΑΡЄΩΝ

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/12202
Type corpus identifier
CN type 12202

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