Antandros, Caracalla, bronze (CN type 20135)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

ca. 198-217 n. Chr.

Issuing entity

Troas

Coin 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

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