Tomis, Marc Aurel, Double unit (CN type 19476)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 178-180 n.Chr.
Issuing entity
Moesia inferiorDouble unit in bronze struck at Tomis in Moesia inferior under Marc Aurel dated ca. 178-180 n.Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 19476. Obverse: Draped bust of Crispina, right. Reverse: Veiled and turreted Cybele (weaing kalathos?) enthroned left, holding patera in outstretched right hand, left arm resting on tympanon; at her feet, lion lying, left, with raised front paw.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- Double unit
- Recorded diameter
- 20.7–21 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 5.08 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Tomis
- Region
- Moesia inferior
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Marc Aurel
Design
- Obverse type
- Draped bust of Crispina, right.
- Reverse type
- Veiled and turreted Cybele (weaing kalathos?) enthroned left, holding patera in outstretched right hand, left arm resting on tympanon; at her feet, lion lying, left, with raised front paw.
- Obverse legend
- ϹЄΒΑϹΤΗ ΚΡΙϹΠЄΙΝΑ
- Reverse legend
- ΜΗΤΡΟΠ · ΠΟΝΤΟΥ ΤΟΜЄΩϹ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/19476
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 19476
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. 709, nr. 2728
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 4472
- external concordance
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution