Kyzikos, Caracalla, bronze (CN type 21938)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin type in bronze struck at Kyzikos in Mysia under Caracalla, catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 21938. Obverse: Laureate and cuirassed bust of youthful Caracalla, right. Reverse: Wreath with four-line inscription.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 26.4 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 9.26 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Kyzikos
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Caracalla
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate and cuirassed bust of youthful Caracalla, right.
- Reverse type
- Wreath with four-line inscription.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV ΚΑΙ Μ ΑVΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ ΝΕΩΚ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/21938
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 21938
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 bibliographyp. 53, nr. 250
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution