Augusta Traiana, Caracalla, 5 unit — Tetrastyle round temple on high podium (CN type 1854)
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
AD 197–217
Issuing entity
Thrace5 unit in bronze struck at Augusta Traiana in Thrace under Caracalla, dated AD 197–217. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 1854 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).
Obverse: Laureate head of youthful Caracalla, right. Legend: ΑVΤ Μ ΑVΡΗΛ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ. Reverse: Tetrastyle round temple on high podium; within Artemis standing right, holding bow in left hand, drawing arrow with right hand from quiver at shoulder; on the pediment, shield; to right and to left, tree; behind left tree, stag; behind right tree, hound?. Legend: ΑVΓΟVϹΤΗϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΗϹ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 15.68 g (from 1 recorded specimen) and a diameter of 28–29 mm (from 2 recorded specimens).
Published references cited by the corpus: Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Augusta Traiana und Traianopolis, Berlin 1991, p. 93, nr. 257; Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values II 2. Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia), Bourgas 2005, p. 102, nr. 1209.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 4
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 2
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Historical context
Caracalla was Roman emperor from 198 to 217 AD, having been proclaimed co-emperor alongside his father, Septimius Severus, before eventually ruling alone following the death of his brother Geta in 211. He was a member of the Severan dynasty whose reign included the granting of citizenship to free inhabitants of the empire through the Antonine Constitution. This coin was produced under the civic authority of Augusta Traiana in Thrace, an ancient urban centre previously named Beroe or Ulpia Augusta Traiana.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 5 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 28–29 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 15.68 g (mean of 1 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
- Tetrastyle round temple on high podium; within Artemis standing right, holding bow in left hand, drawing arrow with right hand from quiver at shoulder; on the pediment, shield; to right and to left, tree; behind left tree, stag; behind right tree, hound?.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Μ ΑVΡΗΛ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΑVΓΟVϹΤΗϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΗϹ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- How to identify
- Check the mint name or ethnic, the reverse type and the legend together, then compare weight and module; types from the same mint often differ only in legend arrangement, magistrate names or control marks.
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/1854
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 1854
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Recorded
- Issue or mint date
- Recorded
- Material
- Recorded
- Weight
- Recorded
- Mint or printer
- Recorded
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Recorded
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- Recorded
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Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 93, nr. 257
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 102, nr. 1209
Research required
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