Dionysopolis, Caracalla, 5 unit (CN type 20105)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
198-202 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Moesia inferior5 unit in bronze struck at Dionysopolis in Moesia inferior under Caracalla dated 198-202 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 20105. Obverse: Laureate bust of Caracalla, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Dionysus standing l., holding cantharos and thyrsus; at his feet, panther.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 5 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 26 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Dionysopolis
- Region
- Moesia inferior
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Caracalla
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Caracalla, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Dionysus standing l., holding cantharos and thyrsus; at his feet, panther.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤΟ ΚΑΙϹ Μ ΑVΡΟ ΑΝΤWΝΕΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΔΙΟΝΥϹΟΠΟΛЄΙΤΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Recorded findspots
- Balchik
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/20105
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 20105
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Documented
- Issue or mint date
- Documented
- Material
- Documented
- Weight
- Research required
- Mint or printer
- Documented
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Documented
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 496, nr. 1-4, pl. 23, pic. 1-4
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 532, nr. 1-5, pl. 23
Research required
- Weight not recorded in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution