Attaea, Caracalla, bronze (CN type 19597)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 197-206 n.Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin type in bronze struck at Attaea in Mysia under Caracalla dated ca. 197-206 n.Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 19597. Obverse: Laureate bust of Caracalla, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. 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.
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
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/19597
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 19597
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 bibliographyp. 135, nr. 407-408
Research required
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