Topeiros, Antoninus Pius, 4 unit — Heracles seated left on rock covered with lion skin (CN type 21035)
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
AD 154–155
Issuing entity
Thrace4 unit in bronze struck at Topeiros in Thrace under Antoninus Pius, dated AD 154–155. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 21035 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).
Obverse: Laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right. Legend: ΑV Κ Τ ΑΙ ΑΔΡΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ. Reverse: Heracles seated left on rock covered with lion skin, right extended to left without resting on club, left resting on rock. Legend: ΕΠΙ ΙΟV ΚΟΜΟΔΟV ΤΟΠΙΡΙΤΩΝ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 6.83 g (mean of 30 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 22–25 mm (from 29 recorded specimens).
Evidence at a glance
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- Catalogue references
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 4 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 22–25 mm (from 29 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 6.83 g (mean of 30 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Topeiros
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Antoninus Pius
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right.
- Reverse type
- Heracles seated left on rock covered with lion skin, right extended to left without resting on club, left resting on rock.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV Κ Τ ΑΙ ΑΔΡΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΕΠΙ ΙΟV ΚΟΜΟΔΟV ΤΟΠΙΡΙΤΩΝ
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/21035
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 21035
- 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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