Plotinopolis, Marc Aurel, bronze (CN type 12898)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 139-161 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceCoin type in bronze struck at Plotinopolis in Thrace under Marc Aurel dated ca. 139-161 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 12898. Obverse: Bare-headed bust of youthful Marcus Aurelius, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: River-god reclining left, resting right hand on prow and resting left arm on water-urn.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 26 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 11.7 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Plotinopolis
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Marc Aurel
Design
- Obverse type
- Bare-headed bust of youthful Marcus Aurelius, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- River-god reclining left, resting right hand on prow and resting left arm on water-urn.
- Obverse legend
- Μ ΑVΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΟVΗΡΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
- Reverse legend
- ΠΛΩΤΕΙΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/12898
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 12898
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
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