Augusta Traiana, Lucius Verus, unit (CN type 1718)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
161-169 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thraceunit in bronze struck at Augusta Traiana in Thrace under Lucius Verus dated 161-169 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 1718. Obverse: Bare head of Lucius Verus, right. Reverse: Tyche standing left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- unit
- Recorded mean weight
- 4.95 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Augusta Traiana
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Lucius Verus
Design
- Obverse type
- Bare head of Lucius Verus, right.
- Reverse type
- Tyche standing left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV ΚΑΙ Λ ΑVΡΗΛΙ ΟVΗΡΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΑVΓΟVϹΤΗϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΗϹ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/1718
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 1718
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. 67, nr. 92
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 10344
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 82, nr. 914
- external concordanceRPC IV.1, 10344
Research required
- Diameter not recorded in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution