Augusta Traiana, Lucius Verus, 5 unit (CN type 1707)
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 Lucius Verus dated 163-169 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 1707. Obverse: Laureate head of Lucius Verus, right. Reverse: Cybele enthroned left, wearing kalathos, holding patera and tympanon.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 5 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 30–32 mm (from 3 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 20.85 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Augusta Traiana
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Lucius Verus
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate head of Lucius Verus, right.
- Reverse type
- Cybele enthroned left, wearing kalathos, holding patera and tympanon.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV ΚΑΙ Λ ΑVΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΟVΗΡΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΗΓΕ ΤΟV Λ Λ ΜΑΞΙΜΟV ΑVΓΟVϹΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΗϹ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/1707
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 1707
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. 64, nr. 76-77
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 10227
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 83, nr. 921
- external concordanceRPC IV.1, 10227
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution