Pautalia, Caracalla, One and one half — Dionysus standing left (CN type 20128)
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
AD 198–205
Issuing entity
ThraceOne and one half in bronze struck at Pautalia in Thrace under Caracalla, dated AD 198–205. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 20128 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).
Obverse: Laureate bust of youthful Caracalla, right, wearing paludamentum. Legend: ΑVΤΟΚΡΑΤ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ. Reverse: Dionysus standing left, wearing short chiton, holding cantharos in his right hand and resting his left on thyrsus. Legend: ΟVΛΠΙΑϹ ΠΑVΤΑΛΙΑϹ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 4.17 g (from 1 recorded specimen) and a diameter of 18.8–19.9 mm (from 1 recorded specimen).
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- One and one half
- Recorded diameter
- 18.8–19.9 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 4.17 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Pautalia
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Caracalla
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of youthful Caracalla, right, wearing paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Dionysus standing left, wearing short chiton, holding cantharos in his right hand and resting his left on thyrsus.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤΟΚΡΑΤ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΟVΛΠΙΑϹ ΠΑVΤΑΛΙΑϹ
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/20128
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 20128
- Source note
- The corpus record cites no printed literature for this type; it rests on recorded specimens.
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Recorded
- Issue or mint date
- Recorded
- Material
- Recorded
- Weight
- Recorded
- Mint or printer
- Recorded
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
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- Recorded
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Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
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