Augusta Traiana, Caracalla, 5 unit (CN type 1842)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
197-217 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace5 unit in bronze struck at Augusta Traiana in Thrace under Caracalla dated 197-217 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 1842. Obverse: Laureate head of youthful Caracalla, right. Reverse: Homonoia standing left, wearing kalathos, holding patera and cornucopia; at her feet, altar.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 5 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 29–30.3 mm (from 8 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 14.8 g (mean of 7 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Augusta Traiana
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Caracalla
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate head of youthful Caracalla, right.
- Reverse type
- Homonoia standing left, wearing kalathos, holding patera and cornucopia; at her feet, altar.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Μ ΑVΡΗ(Λ,ΛΙ) ΑΝΤΩΝ(Ε)ΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΑVΓΟVϹΤΗϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΗϹ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/1842
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 1842
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. 92, nr. 248
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 100, nr. 1168, 1173
Research required
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