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Hadrianopolis, Caracalla, bronze coin — Nude Eros in attitude of Thanatos standing right (CN type 19569)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

AD 198–217

Issuing entity

Thrace

Coin in bronze struck at Hadrianopolis in Thrace under Caracalla, dated AD 198–217. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 19569 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Laureate bust of Caracalla, right. Legend: ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑVΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ. Reverse: Nude Eros in attitude of Thanatos standing right, resting on torch. Legend: ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 3.68 g (from 1 recorded specimen) and a diameter of 18.5 mm (from 1 recorded specimen). Published references cited by the corpus: Jurukova, Monetosečeneto na gradovete v Dolna Mizija i Trakija II - III v.: Chadrianopol, Sofija 1987, nr. 390 var.

Evidence at a glance

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Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
18.5 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
3.68 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Hadrianopolis
Region
Thrace
Authority type
City
Issuing authority
Caracalla

Design

Obverse type
Laureate bust of Caracalla, right.
Reverse type
Nude Eros in attitude of Thanatos standing right, resting on torch.
Obverse legend
ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑVΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Reverse legend
ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ

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/19569
Type corpus identifier
CN type 19569

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