Nikopolis ad Istrum, Elagabal, bronze (CN type 12541)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
218-222 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Moesia inferiorCoin type in bronze struck at Nikopolis ad Istrum in Moesia inferior under Elagabal dated 218-222 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 12541. Obverse: Laureate bust of Elagabalus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Eagle standing facing, head left, wings spread out, holding laurel wreath in its beak.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 25–27.6 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 11.03 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Nikopolis ad Istrum
- Region
- Moesia inferior
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Elagabal
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Elagabalus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Eagle standing facing, head left, wings spread out, holding laurel wreath in its beak.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Μ ΑVΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- VΠ ΝΟΒΙΟV ΡΟVΦΟV ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΙϹΤΡΟΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/12541
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 12541
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- Issue or mint date
- Documented
- Material
- Documented
- Weight
- Documented
- Mint or printer
- Documented
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Documented
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 496, nr. 1992
Research required
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