Nikopolis ad Istrum, bronze (CN type 19767)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
138-161 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Moesia inferiorCoin type in bronze struck at Nikopolis ad Istrum in Moesia inferior dated 138-161 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 19767. Obverse: Bare head of Antoninus Pius, right. Reverse: Bearded river-god (Istros) reclining left, holding branch in raised right hand, resting left arm on water-urn.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 25 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 12.15 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Nikopolis ad Istrum
- Region
- Moesia inferior
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Bare head of Antoninus Pius, right.
- Reverse type
- Bearded river-god (Istros) reclining left, holding branch in raised right hand, resting left arm on water-urn.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ ΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑΝ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΝΕΙΚΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΙϹΤΡΩ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/19767
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 19767
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
- Research required
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
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