Dionysopolis, Marc Aurel, 3 unit — Veiled Demeter standing facing (CN type 15587)
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
AD 161–180
Issuing entity
Moesia inferior3 unit in bronze struck at Dionysopolis in Moesia inferior under Marc Aurel, dated AD 161–180. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 15587 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).
Obverse: Laureate head of Marcus Aurelius, right. Legend: ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟϹ. Reverse: Veiled Demeter standing facing, head left, holding long torch in right arm and ears of corn in left hand. Legend: ΔΙΟΝΥϹΟΠΟΛЄΙΤΩΝ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 6.25 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 20.7–21.9 mm (from 2 recorded specimens). Published references cited by the corpus: Tachev, Yanislav, The Coinage of Dionysopolis IV century BC - III century AD, Sofia 2020, p. 500, nr. 1-11, pl. 7; Tachev, Monetosečeneto na Dionisopolis (IV vek pr. Hr. - III vek sl. Hr.), Balchik 2016, p. 462-463, nr. 1-15; Linked type corpus.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 3
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 3
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 3 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 20.7–21.9 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 6.25 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Dionysopolis
- Region
- Moesia inferior
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Marc Aurel
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate head of Marcus Aurelius, right.
- Reverse type
- Veiled Demeter standing facing, head left, holding long torch in right arm and ears of corn in left hand.
- Obverse legend
- ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΔΙΟΝΥϹΟΠΟΛЄΙΤΩΝ
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/15587
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 15587
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Recorded
- Issue or mint date
- Recorded
- Material
- Recorded
- Weight
- Recorded
- Mint or printer
- Recorded
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Recorded
- Attached photograph (check rights)
- Recorded
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Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 500, nr. 1-11, pl. 7
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 462-463, nr. 1-15
- external concordance
Research required
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