Thasos, Marc Aurel, bronze (CN type 14063)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
161–180 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceCoin type in bronze struck at Thasos in Thrace under Marc Aurel dated 161–180 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 14063. Obverse: Laureate head of Marcus Aurelius, right. Reverse: Heracles standing left, resting on club, holding lion skin in left arm.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 18–20 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 5.03 g (mean of 5 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Thasos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Marc Aurel
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate head of Marcus Aurelius, right.
- Reverse type
- Heracles standing left, resting on club, holding lion skin in left arm.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΘΑϹΙΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/14063
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 14063
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. 6213
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 329f., nr. 2999
- external concordance
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution