Hadrianeia, Caracalla, bronze (CN type 19790)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 198-206 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin type in bronze struck at Hadrianeia in Mysia under Caracalla dated ca. 198-206 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 19790. Obverse: Bare-headed bust of youthful Caracalla, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Emperor (Caracalla) riding right on horseback and hunting a lion, left.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 27 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 13.63 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Hadrianeia
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Caracalla
Design
- Obverse type
- Bare-headed bust of youthful Caracalla, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Emperor (Caracalla) riding right on horseback and hunting a lion, left.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV ΚΑΙ Μ ΑVΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- Ε ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟV ΚΛΕΑΝ ΑΡ Α ΑΔΡΙΑΝΕΩΝ
Identification
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/19790
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 19790
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. 163, nr. 467
Research required
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