Kallatis, Philippus Arabs, bronze (CN type 16464)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
244–249 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Moesia inferiorCoin type in bronze struck at Kallatis in Moesia inferior under Philippus Arabs dated 244–249 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 16464. Obverse: Laureate bust of Philip the Arab, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Labour of Heracles: Nude Heracles advancing right, holding club and lion skin, dragging chained Cerberus.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded mean weight
- 13.3 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Kallatis
- Region
- Moesia inferior
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Philippus Arabs
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Philip the Arab, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Labour of Heracles: Nude Heracles advancing right, holding club and lion skin, dragging chained Cerberus.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Μ ΙΟVΛ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΑVΓ
- Reverse legend
- ΚΑΛΛΑΤΙΑΝΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/16464
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 16464
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
Research required
- Diameter not recorded in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution