Ilion, Caracalla, dupondius — Hector in armour striding right (CN type 20281)
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
AD 198–210
Issuing entity
TroasDupondius in bronze struck at Ilion in Troas under Caracalla, dated AD 198–210. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 20281 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).
Obverse: Laureate bust of youthful Caracalla, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Legend: ΑV ΚΑΙ Μ ΑVΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ. Reverse: Hector in armour striding right, wearing a shield on his left arm and about to hurl a firebrand at two Greek ships with his right hand. Legend: ЄΚΤΩΡ ΙΛΙЄΩΝ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 14.46 g (mean of 6 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 29.7–31.5 mm (from 7 recorded specimens).
Published references cited by the corpus: Bellinger, Troy: the coins, Princeton 1961, nr. T239, T257; Wroth, A catalogue of the Greek coins in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Greek coins of Troas, Aeolis and Lesbos, Bologna 1964, nr. 92; Mannsperger, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum. Deutschland. Münzsammlung der Universität Tübingen. 4. Mysien - Ionien. Nr. 2174-3306, München 1989, nr. 2617; Linked type corpus.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 4
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 4
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- dupondius
- Recorded diameter
- 29.7–31.5 mm (from 7 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 14.46 g (mean of 6 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
- Hector in armour striding right, wearing a shield on his left arm and about to hurl a firebrand at two Greek ships with his right hand.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV ΚΑΙ Μ ΑVΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ЄΚΤΩΡ ΙΛΙЄΩΝ
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/20281
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 20281
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
- Recorded
- Attached photograph (check rights)
- Recorded
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Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. T239, T257
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 92
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 2617
- external concordance
Varieties
Ilion, Caracalla, dupondius (CN type 20279)
Near-identical catalogue variant (same obverse and reverse legends, type and denomination, differing only in minor marks or bust detail); consolidated into this entry.
Ilion, Caracalla, dupondius (CN type 20377)
Near-identical catalogue variant (same obverse and reverse legends, type and denomination, differing only in minor marks or bust detail); consolidated into this entry.
Research required
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