Tomis, 4 unit (CN type 12640)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
235-238 n.Chr.
Issuing entity
Moesia inferior4 unit struck at Tomis in Moesia inferior dated 235-238 n.Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 12640. Obverse: Laureate bust of Maximinus Thrax, left, wearing cuirass and paludamentum, holding spear and shield. Reverse: Nude Heracles standing facing, head left, holding club in right hand, lion skin over left arm and apples of the Hesperides in left hand.
Physical characteristics
- Denomination
- 4 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 25.6–26.1 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 13.83 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Tomis
- Region
- Moesia inferior
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Maximinus Thrax, left, wearing cuirass and paludamentum, holding spear and shield.
- Reverse type
- Nude Heracles standing facing, head left, holding club in right hand, lion skin over left arm and apples of the Hesperides in left hand.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ ΜΑΞΙΜΕΙΝΟϹ ΕVϹΕ *ΑVΓ*
- Reverse legend
- ΜΗΤΡΟ ΠΟΝ ΤΟV ΤΟΜΕΩϹ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/12640
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 12640
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Documented
- Issue or mint date
- Documented
- Material
- Research required
- Weight
- Documented
- Mint or printer
- Documented
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Research required
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution