Augusta Traiana, Caracalla, 5 unit (CN type 1921)
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 1921. Obverse: Laureate bust of Caracalla, left, wearing cuirass and paludamentum, holding shield and spear; gorgoneion on shield. Reverse: Emperor (Caracalla) in military attire standing right, holding spear and parazonium; his left foot on the back of a captive.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 5 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 29–30 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Augusta Traiana
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Caracalla
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Caracalla, left, wearing cuirass and paludamentum, holding shield and spear; gorgoneion on shield.
- Reverse type
- Emperor (Caracalla) in military attire standing right, holding spear and parazonium; his left foot on the back of a captive.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Μ ΑVΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΑVΓΟVϹΤΗϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΗϹ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/1921
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 1921
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. 102, nr. 309
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 98, nr. 1140
Research required
- Weight not recorded in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution