Augusta Traiana, Marc Aurel, unit (CN type 1682)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
161-180 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thraceunit in bronze struck at Augusta Traiana in Thrace under Marc Aurel dated 161-180 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 1682. Obverse: Cuirassed bust of bearded Marcus Aurelius, right. Reverse: Bearded river-god reclining left, holding reed and resting on water-urn.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- unit
- Recorded diameter
- 17.5–19 mm (from 3 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 4.08 g (mean of 3 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Augusta Traiana
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Marc Aurel
Design
- Obverse type
- Cuirassed bust of bearded Marcus Aurelius, right.
- Reverse type
- Bearded river-god reclining left, holding reed and resting on water-urn.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV ΚΑΙ Μ ΑVΡ(Η) ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝ(ΟϹ)
- Reverse legend
- ΑVΓΟVϹΤΗϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΗϹ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/1682
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 1682
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. 58-59, nr. 29-31
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 10330
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 78, nr. 851-853
- external concordanceRPC IV.1, 10330
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution