Markianopolis, Elagabal, bronze (CN type 12837)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

218-222 n. Chr.

Issuing entity

Moesia inferior

Coin type in bronze struck at Markianopolis in Moesia inferior under Elagabal dated 218-222 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 12837. Obverse: Confronted busts of Elagabalus laureate, wearing cuirass and paludamentum, and of Julia Maesa, diademed and draped. Reverse: Zeus standing left, holding patera and sceptre.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
29 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
11.51 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Markianopolis
Region
Moesia inferior
Authority type
City
Issuing authority
Elagabal

Design

Obverse type
Confronted busts of Elagabalus laureate, wearing cuirass and paludamentum, and of Julia Maesa, diademed and draped.
Reverse type
Zeus standing left, holding patera and sceptre.
Obverse legend
ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑVΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ΑVΓ ΙΟVΛΙΑ ΜΑΙϹΑ
Reverse legend
VΠ ϹΕΡΓ ΤΙΤΙΑΝΟV ΜΑΡΚΙΑΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ

Identification

Period
Roman Imperial Period
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/12837
Type corpus identifier
CN type 12837

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Issue or mint date
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Material
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Weight
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Licensed photograph
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