Hadrianopolis, Caracalla, bronze (CN type 12874)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
212-217 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceCoin type in bronze struck at Hadrianopolis in Thrace under Caracalla dated 212-217 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 12874. Obverse: Laureate bust of Caracalla, left, wearing cuirass and paludamentum, holding shield and spear; gorgoneion on shield. Reverse: Zeus standing left, holding patera and sceptre; at his feet, altar.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 26 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 8.56 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Hadrianopolis
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Caracalla
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Caracalla, left, wearing cuirass and paludamentum, holding shield and spear; gorgoneion on shield.
- Reverse type
- Zeus standing left, holding patera and sceptre; at his feet, altar.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑVΡ ϹΕ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/12874
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 12874
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