Topeiros, Antoninus Pius, 4 unit (CN type 21035)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
154-155 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace4 unit in bronze struck at Topeiros in Thrace under Antoninus Pius dated 154-155 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 21035. Obverse: Laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right. Reverse: Heracles seated left on rock covered with lion skin, right extended to left without resting on club, left resting on rock.
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
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/21035
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 21035
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
- Research required
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution