Antandros, Caracalla, bronze (CN type 20135)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 198-217 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
TroasCoin type in bronze struck at Antandros in Troas under Caracalla dated ca. 198-217 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 20135. Obverse: Laureate bust of youthful Caracalla, right, wearing paludamentum. Reverse: Aeneas walking right, looking left, carrying Anchises on his left arm and leading the little Ascanius; stern of galley to right.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 33 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 24.1 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Antandros
- Region
- Troas
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Caracalla
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of youthful Caracalla, right, wearing paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Aeneas walking right, looking left, carrying Anchises on his left arm and leading the little Ascanius; stern of galley to right.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV ΚΑ Μ ΑVΡ ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ [...]ΟVϹ // ΑΝΤΑΝΔΡΕΙ/ΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/20135
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 20135
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
- Research required
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
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