Augusta Traiana, Caracalla, 5 unit (CN type 1977)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
212-217 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace5 unit in bronze struck at Augusta Traiana in Thrace under Caracalla dated 212-217 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 1977. Obverse: Laureate bust of bearded Caracalla, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Athena standing left, holding shield set down at her feet, and spear.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 5 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 29–31 mm (from 4 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 15.97 g (mean of 4 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Augusta Traiana
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Caracalla
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of bearded Caracalla, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Athena standing left, holding shield set down at her feet, and spear.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑVΡ ϹΕVΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΑVΓΟVϹΤΗϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΗϹ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/1977
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 1977
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Documented
- 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. 109, 110, nr. 351, 360
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 96, nr. 1088, annot. Avers-Legende anders abgekürzt. Außerdem Gewandspuren zu erkennen.
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