Hadrianopolis, Caracalla, 4 unit — Nymphaeum with statues and arcades (CN type 20227)
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
AD 198–217
Issuing entity
Thrace4 unit in bronze struck at Hadrianopolis in Thrace 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 20227 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).
Obverse: Laureate head of Caracalla, right. Legend: ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑVΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ. Reverse: Nymphaeum with statues and arcades. Legend: ΑΔΡΙ-ΑΝΟΠΟ-ΛΕΙ//ΤΩΝ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 10.95 g (from 1 recorded specimen) and a diameter of 26 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
- 4 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 26 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 10.95 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Hadrianopolis
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Caracalla
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate head of Caracalla, right.
- Reverse type
- Nymphaeum with statues and arcades.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑVΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΑΔΡΙ-ΑΝΟΠΟ-ΛΕΙ//ΤΩΝ
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/20227
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 20227
- 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
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- Material
- Recorded
- Weight
- Recorded
- Mint or printer
- Recorded
- Mint or printer mark
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- 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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