Augusta Traiana, Marc Aurel, 5 unit (CN type 1669)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
163-169 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace5 unit in bronze struck at Augusta Traiana in Thrace under Marc Aurel dated 163-169 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 1669. Obverse: Bust of bearded Marcus Aurelius, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Cybele enthroned left, wearing kalathos, holding patera and tympanon.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 5 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 32 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 20.12 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Augusta Traiana
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Marc Aurel
Design
- Obverse type
- Bust of bearded Marcus Aurelius, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Cybele enthroned left, wearing kalathos, holding patera and tympanon.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV ΚΑΙ Μ ΑVΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝ
- Reverse legend
- ΗΓΕ ΤΟV Λ Λ ΜΑΞΙΜΟV ΑVΓΟV(Ϲ)Τ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΗϹ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/1669
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 1669
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 bibliographyp. 55, nr. 1, pl. 1, pic. 1
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 79, nr. 861-862
- external concordance
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution