Byzantion, Caracalla, 7 unit (CN type 21870)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 212-217 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace7 unit in bronze struck at Byzantion in Thrace under Caracalla dated ca. 212-217 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 21870. Obverse: Laureate bust of bearded Caracalla, right, wearing cuirass, holding spear. Reverse: Demeter enthroned left between two objects (fish traps, torches9, holding ears of corn in right hand, left resting on the object.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 7 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 34 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 25.36 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Byzantion
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Caracalla
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of bearded Caracalla, right, wearing cuirass, holding spear.
- Reverse type
- Demeter enthroned left between two objects (fish traps, torches9, holding ears of corn in right hand, left resting on the object.
- Reverse legend
- ΒVΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/21870
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 21870
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. 10, nr. 513
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution