Plotinopolis, bronze (CN type 12882)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
2. Jh. n. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceCoin type in bronze struck at Plotinopolis in Thrace dated 2. Jh. n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 12882. Obverse: Head of (youthful) Dionysus, right, wearing ivy wreath. Reverse: Silenus standing left, holding cantharus and wine-skin.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 20 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 3.72 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Plotinopolis
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Head of (youthful) Dionysus, right, wearing ivy wreath.
- Reverse type
- Silenus standing left, holding cantharus and wine-skin.
- Reverse legend
- ΠΛΩΤ-ΕΙ-[Ν]ΟΠΟΛΕΙΤ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/12882
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 12882
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
- Documented
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 787
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution