Topeiros, Geta, 5 unit (CN type 21290)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
209-212 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace5 unit in bronze struck at Topeiros in Thrace under Geta dated 209-212 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 21290. Obverse: Laureate head of Geta, right. Reverse: Labour of Heracles: Nude Heracles standing right, strangling the Nemean lion; in left field, club.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 5 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 27–30 mm (from 3 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 10.18 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Topeiros
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Geta
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate head of Geta, right.
- Reverse type
- Labour of Heracles: Nude Heracles standing right, strangling the Nemean lion; in left field, club.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Π ϹΕΠΤΙΜΙ ΓΕΤΑϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΟVΛΠΙΑϹ ΤΟΠΕΙΡΟV
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/21290
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 21290
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
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