Hadrianopolis, Caracalla, bronze (CN type 19569)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
198-217 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceCoin type in bronze struck at Hadrianopolis in Thrace under Caracalla dated 198-217 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 19569. Obverse: Laureate bust of Caracalla, right. Reverse: Nude Eros in attitude of Thanatos standing right, resting on torch.
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
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/19569
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 19569
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- 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 bibliographynr. 390 var.
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution