Topeiros, Caracalla, 3 unit (CN type 21802)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
198-217 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace3 unit in bronze struck at Topeiros in Thrace under Caracalla dated 198-217 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 21802. Obverse: Laureate bust of bearded Caracalla, right. Reverse: Heracles seated left on rock covered with lion skin, holding club in right hand, left resting on rock.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 3 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 22.5–27 mm (from 8 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 8.56 g (mean of 8 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Topeiros
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Caracalla
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of bearded Caracalla, right.
- Reverse type
- Heracles seated left on rock covered with lion skin, holding club in right hand, left resting on rock.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑVΡ - ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΟVΛΠΙΑϹ ΤΟΠΙΡΟV
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/21802
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 21802
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
- Documented
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 283, nr. 2675
Research required
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