Augusta Traiana, Caracalla, unit (CN type 2060)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
212-217 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thraceunit in bronze struck at Augusta Traiana in Thrace under Caracalla dated 212-217 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 2060. Obverse: Laureate bust of bearded Caracalla, right. Reverse: Nude Hermes standing left, holding purse and caduceus.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- unit
- Recorded diameter
- 18–20.1 mm (from 3 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 4.68 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Augusta Traiana
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Caracalla
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of bearded Caracalla, right.
- Reverse type
- Nude Hermes standing left, holding purse and caduceus.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑVΡ ϹΕΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΑVΓΟVϹΤΗϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΗϹ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/2060
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 2060
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. 115, nr. 389
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 100, nr. 1165
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution