Apollonia Pontike, Antoninus Pius, Double unit (CN type 14314)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 147–169/176 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceDouble unit in bronze struck at Apollonia Pontike in Thrace under Antoninus Pius dated ca. 147–169/176 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 14314. Obverse: Draped bust of Faustina II, wearing taenia, right. Border of dots. Reverse: Two-levelled burning rogus. Border of dots.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- Double unit
- Recorded diameter
- 19.4–21 mm (from 3 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 3.82 g (mean of 3 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Apollonia Pontike
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Antoninus Pius
Design
- Obverse type
- Draped bust of Faustina II, wearing taenia, right. Border of dots.
- Reverse type
- Two-levelled burning rogus. Border of dots.
- Obverse legend
- ΦΑΟΥϹΤΕΙΝΑ – ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
- Reverse legend
- ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΗΤΕΩΝ // ΕΝ ΠΟΝΤΩ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/14314
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 14314
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Documented
- 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. 5008
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 4108-4110
- external concordance
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution