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Alexandria Troas, Caracalla, bronze coin — Male figure standing facing (CN type 20080)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

AD 198–217

Issuing entity

Troas

Coin in bronze struck at Alexandria Troas in Troas under Caracalla, dated AD 198–217. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 20080 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Laureate bust of bearded Caracalla, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Legend: M AVRE ANTONINVS. Reverse: Male figure standing facing, leaning on pillar; on it statue of Apollon, holding bow. Legend: COL ALEX AVG. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 7.99 g (from 1 recorded specimen) and a diameter of 22.1–23.3 mm (from 1 recorded specimen). Published references cited by the corpus: Mannsperger, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum. Deutschland. Münzsammlung der Universität Tübingen. 4. Mysien - Ionien. Nr. 2174-3306, München 1989, nr. 2541, pl. 89.

Evidence at a glance

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Historical context

This coin was produced for Alexandria Troas, an ancient Greek city located in the Troad on the Aegean Sea near the northern tip of Turkey's western coast. Struck under the Roman emperor Caracalla, who ruled from AD 198 to 217, it dates to a period when local provincial cities issued their own civic bronze currency within the wider framework of the Roman Empire.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
22.1–23.3 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
7.99 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Alexandria Troas
Region
Troas
Authority type
City
Issuing authority
Caracalla

Design

Obverse type
Laureate bust of bearded Caracalla, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
Reverse type
Male figure standing facing, leaning on pillar; on it statue of Apollon, holding bow.
Obverse legend
M AVRE ANTONINVS
Reverse legend
COL ALEX AVG

Identification

Period
Roman Imperial Period
How to identify
Check the mint name or ethnic, the reverse type and the legend together, then compare weight and module; types from the same mint often differ only in legend arrangement, magistrate names or control marks.
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/20080
Type corpus identifier
CN type 20080

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