Topeiros, Caracalla, Double unit (CN type 21017)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
197-217 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceDouble unit in bronze struck at Topeiros in Thrace under Caracalla dated 197-217 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 21017. Obverse: Laureate bust of Caracalla, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Bearded river-god (Nestos) reclining left, holding reed in right hand, resting on water-urn.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- Double unit
- Recorded diameter
- 18 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 4.26 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Topeiros
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Caracalla
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Caracalla, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Bearded river-god (Nestos) reclining left, holding reed in right hand, resting on water-urn.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV Κ Μ ΑV ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝ
- Reverse legend
- ΤΟΠΕΙΡΕΙΤΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/21017
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 21017
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. 286, nr. 2690
Research required
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