Ilion, Caracalla, semis (CN type 20275)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
198–210 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Troassemis in bronze struck at Ilion in Troas under Caracalla dated 198–210 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 20275. Obverse: Laureate bust of youthful Caracalla, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Standing cult statue of Athena Ilias, right, on a pedestal; before her a cow striding left.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- semis
- Recorded diameter
- 17.2–20.2 mm (from 5 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 3.64 g (mean of 3 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Ilion
- Region
- Troas
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Caracalla
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of youthful Caracalla, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Standing cult statue of Athena Ilias, right, on a pedestal; before her a cow striding left.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV Κ Μ ΑVΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΙΛΙΕΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/20275
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 20275
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Documented
- Issue or mint date
- Documented
- Material
- Documented
- Weight
- Documented
- Mint or printer
- Documented
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Documented
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 69, nr. T246
Research required
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