Augusta Traiana, Marc Aurel, 5 unit (CN type 1671)
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 1671. Obverse: Laureate bust of bearded Marcus Aurelius, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Tyche standing left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 5 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 29–32 mm (from 3 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 19.3 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Augusta Traiana
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Marc Aurel
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of bearded Marcus Aurelius, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Tyche standing left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV ΚΑΙ Μ ΑVΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝ(ΟϹ)
- Reverse legend
- ΗΓΕ ΤΟV Λ Λ ΜΑΞΙΜΟV ΑVΓΟV(ϹΤΗϹ) ΤΡΑΙΑΝΗϹ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/1671
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 1671
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. 3-4, 5
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 79, nr. 860
- external concordance
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution