Augusta Traiana, Caracalla, 5 unit (CN type 1826)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
202-204 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace5 unit in bronze struck at Augusta Traiana in Thrace under Caracalla dated 202-204 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 1826. Obverse: Laureate bust of youthful Caracalla, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Emperor (Caracalla) in military attire standing left, holding spear and parazonium; behind, Nike, crowning emperor, holding palm branch in left hand.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 5 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 28–29 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 13.06 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Augusta Traiana
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Caracalla
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of youthful Caracalla, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Emperor (Caracalla) in military attire standing left, holding spear and parazonium; behind, Nike, crowning emperor, holding palm branch in left hand.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Μ ΑVΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΗΓ ϹΙΚΙΝΝΙΟV ΚΛΑΡΟV ΑVΓΟVϹΤΗϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΗϹ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/1826
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 1826
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. 86-87, nr. 218
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 105, nr. 1249
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution