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Attaea, Caracalla, bronze coin — Male figure and Zeus (CN type 19597)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

c. AD 197–206

Issuing entity

Mysia

Coin in bronze struck at Attaea in Mysia under Caracalla, dated c. AD 197–206. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 19597 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Laureate bust of Caracalla, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Legend: ΑV ΚΑΙ Μ ΑVΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ. Reverse: Male figure (Heros?) and Zeus; to left nude male figure (Heros?) standing right, left foot on rock; to right Zeus, standing facing, head left, holding thunderbolt and sceptre. Legend: ϹΤ(Ρ) ΑΝΔΡΩΝΟϹ ΑΤΤΑΙΤΩΝ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 10.86 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 26–28 mm (from 2 recorded specimens).

Published references cited by the corpus: Fritze et al., Die antiken Münzen Mysiens. 1: Adramytion - Kisthene, Berlin 1913, p. 135, nr. 407-408.

Evidence at a glance

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Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
26–28 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
10.86 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Attaea
Region
Mysia
Authority type
City
Issuing authority
Caracalla

Design

Obverse type
Laureate bust of Caracalla, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
Reverse type
Male figure (Heros?) and Zeus; to left nude male figure (Heros?) standing right, left foot on rock; to right Zeus, standing facing, head left, holding thunderbolt and sceptre.
Obverse legend
ΑV ΚΑΙ Μ ΑVΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Reverse legend
ϹΤ(Ρ) ΑΝΔΡΩΝΟϹ ΑΤΤΑΙΤΩΝ

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. 1 closely related CN type with the same mint, denomination and design is consolidated into this entry and listed under varieties.
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/19597
Type corpus identifier
CN type 19597

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Catalogue references

Varieties

  • CN type 19700

    Same mint, denomination and design (obverse legend ΑV ΚΑΙ Μ ΑVΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝ(ΟϹ); reverse legend ϹΤΡ ΡΟVΦΟV ΑΤΤΑΙΤΩΝ); dated AD 198–217. Consolidated into this entry

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