Tomis, 4 unit (CN type 12642)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
235-238 n.Chr.
Issuing entity
Moesia inferior4 unit in bronze struck at Tomis in Moesia inferior dated 235-238 n.Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 12642. Obverse: Laureate bust of Maximinus Thrax, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Male figure seated right, head left, biga drawn by bull, advancing left; female figure advancing left up front, head right, holding unidentified object in right hand.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 4 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 25–26.9 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 8.91 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Tomis
- Region
- Moesia inferior
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Maximinus Thrax, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Male figure seated right, head left, biga drawn by bull, advancing left; female figure advancing left up front, head right, holding unidentified object in right hand.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ ΜΑΞΙΜΕΙΝΟϹ ΕVϹΕΒ*ΗϹ* *ΑVΓ*
- Reverse legend
- ΜΗΤΡΟ ΠΟΝΤΟV ΤΟΜΕΩᛈ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/12642
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 12642
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
- Documented
Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 847, nr. 3326
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 1993
- external concordance
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution