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Maroneia, Caracalla, 5 unit — Hexastyle temple with three pediments (CN type 1335)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

AD 197–217

Issuing entity

Thrace

5 unit in bronze struck at Maroneia in Thrace under Caracalla, dated AD 197–217. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 1335 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Laureate bust of Caracalla, right. Legend: ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑVΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ. Reverse: Hexastyle temple with three pediments; within Dionysus standing left, holding bunch of grapes and thyrsus; on the middle pediment, shield. Legend: ΜΑΡΩΝΕΙΤΩΝ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 16.96 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 30–31 mm (from 2 recorded specimens). Published references cited by the corpus: Schönert-Geiß, Griechisches Münzwerk: Die Münzprägung von Maroneia, Berlin 1987, p. 217, nr. 1715-1716.

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Historical context

Caracalla, born Lucius Septimius Bassianus, was a Roman emperor of the Severan dynasty who ruled from 198 to 217 AD. Proclaimed co-ruler by his father Septimius Severus in 198, he later governed alone after the murder of his brother Geta in 211 AD until his own assassination in 217. This civic bronze coin was issued under Caracalla between AD 197 and 217 at the city of Maroneia in Thrace.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Denomination
5 unit
Recorded diameter
30–31 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
16.96 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Maroneia
Region
Thrace
Authority type
City
Issuing authority
Caracalla

Design

Obverse type
Laureate bust of Caracalla, right.
Reverse type
Hexastyle temple with three pediments; within Dionysus standing left, holding bunch of grapes and thyrsus; on the middle pediment, shield.
Obverse legend
ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑVΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Reverse legend
ΜΑΡΩΝΕΙΤΩΝ

Identification

Period
Roman Imperial Period
How to identify
Check the mint name or ethnic, the reverse type and the legend together, then compare weight and module; types from the same mint often differ only in legend arrangement, magistrate names or control marks.
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/1335
Type corpus identifier
CN type 1335

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