Augusta Traiana, Caracalla, 5 unit (CN type 1859)
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 1859. Obverse: Laureate head of youthful Caracalla, right. Reverse: Serpent with nimbate head coiling right, bent four times.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 5 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 27–28.5 mm (from 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
- Serpent with nimbate head coiling right, bent four times.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Μ ΑΡΗΛΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΑVΓΟVϹΤΗϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΗϹ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/1859
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 1859
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Documented
- Issue or mint date
- Documented
- Material
- Documented
- Weight
- Research required
- Mint or printer
- Documented
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Documented
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 94, nr. 264
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 102, nr. 1197
Research required
- Weight not recorded in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution