Tomis, Elagabal, bronze (CN type 21733)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
218-222 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Moesia inferiorCoin type in bronze struck at Tomis in Moesia inferior under Elagabal dated 218-222 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 21733. Obverse: Laureate bust of Elagabalus, right, wearing scale cuirass. Reverse: Heracles standing facing, head left, holding club in right hand, lion skin and bow in left hand.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded mean weight
- 9.5 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Tomis
- Region
- Moesia inferior
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Elagabal
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Elagabalus, right, wearing scale cuirass.
- Reverse type
- Heracles standing facing, head left, holding club in right hand, lion skin and bow in left hand.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑVΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΜΗΤΡΟ ΠΟΝΤΟV ΤΟΜΕΩϹ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/21733
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 21733
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- 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 bibliographynr. 1790 (temporary)
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 795, nr. 3076
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 78, nr. 578
Research required
- Diameter not recorded in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution