Markianopolis, Elagabal, bronze (CN type 12837)
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 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
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
- 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