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Attaea, Caracalla, bronze (CN type 19700)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

198-217 n.Chr.

Issuing entity

Mysia

Coin type in bronze struck at Attaea in Mysia under Caracalla dated 198-217 n.Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 19700. 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
26–30.1 mm (from 7 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
10.14 g (mean of 4 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 ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝ(ΟϹ)
Reverse legend
ϹΤΡ ΡΟVΦΟV ΑΤΤΑΙΤΩΝ

Identification

Period
Roman Imperial Period
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/19700
Type corpus identifier
CN type 19700

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