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Dardanos, Caracalla, bronze coin — Bull right approaching lighted altar (CN type 21736)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

AD 197–217

Issuing entity

Troas

Coin in bronze struck at Dardanos in Troas under Caracalla, dated AD 197–217. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 21736 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Laureate bust of youthful Caracalla, right, wearing paludamentum. Legend: ΑV ΚΑΙ Μ ΑVΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ. Reverse: Bull right approaching lighted altar, before which a draped female figure standing right, holding in her right hand patera; in her left hand staff resting on shoulder; behind altar, tall column, on which eagle is seated. Legend: ЄΠΙ ΑΡΧ ΑVΡΗ ΜΑΡΚΟV ΔΑΡΔΑΝΙΩΝ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 18.01 g (from 1 recorded specimen) and a diameter of 36 mm (from 1 recorded specimen).

Evidence at a glance

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Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
36 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
18.01 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Dardanos
Region
Troas
Authority type
City
Issuing authority
Caracalla

Design

Obverse type
Laureate bust of youthful Caracalla, right, wearing paludamentum.
Reverse type
Bull right approaching lighted altar, before which a draped female figure standing right, holding in her right hand patera; in her left hand staff resting on shoulder; behind altar, tall column, on which eagle is seated.
Obverse legend
ΑV ΚΑΙ Μ ΑVΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Reverse legend
ЄΠΙ ΑΡΧ ΑVΡΗ ΜΑΡΚΟV ΔΑΡΔΑΝΙΩΝ

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/21736
Type corpus identifier
CN type 21736
Source note
The corpus record cites no printed literature for this type; it rests on recorded specimens.

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Catalogue references

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