Augusta Traiana, Caracalla, 5 unit (CN type 1832)
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 1832. Obverse: Laureate bust of youthful Caracalla, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Empress (Plautilla), wearing long garment, and togate emperor (Caracalla), facing each other, clasping right hands.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 5 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 27.6–32.5 mm (from 3 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 14.34 g (mean of 3 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
- Empress (Plautilla), wearing long garment, and togate emperor (Caracalla), facing each other, clasping right hands.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑVΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΗΓ ϹΙΚΙΝΝΙΟV ΚΛΑΡΟV ΑVΓΟVϹΤΗϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΗϹ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/1832
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 1832
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. 88, nr. 227
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 105, nr. 1246
Research required
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