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Alexandria Troas, Caracalla, bronze coin — Horse grazing right (CN type 21940)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

AD 198–217

Issuing entity

Troas

Coin in bronze struck at Alexandria Troas in Troas under Caracalla, dated AD 198–217. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 21940 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Laureate and cuirassed bust of youthful Caracalla, right. Legend: ANTONIVS PIVS AVGV. Reverse: Horse grazing right; behind it herdsman standing right, holding staff; to the left tree. Legend: COL AVG TROAD. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 6.8 g (from 1 recorded specimen) and a diameter of 24.9 mm (from 1 recorded specimen). Published references cited by the corpus: Bellinger, Troy: the coins, Princeton 1961, p. 118, nr. A261; Kapossy and Righetti, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum. Schweiz. 2: Münzen der Antike: Katalog der Sammlung Jean-Pierre Righetti im Bernischen Historischen Museum, Bern 1993, nr. 777.

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Historical context

Alexandria Troas was an ancient Greek city located in the Troad on the Aegean Sea, situated south of Tenedos. Under the Severan dynasty, Caracalla was proclaimed co-emperor by his father, Septimius Severus, in 198 and ruled until his assassination in 217, initially alongside his father and later ruling alone after 211. This civic bronze issue was struck at Alexandria Troas during Caracalla's imperial reign between AD 198 and 217.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
24.9 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
6.8 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Alexandria Troas
Region
Troas
Authority type
City
Issuing authority
Caracalla

Design

Obverse type
Laureate and cuirassed bust of youthful Caracalla, right.
Reverse type
Horse grazing right; behind it herdsman standing right, holding staff; to the left tree.
Obverse legend
ANTONIVS PIVS AVGV
Reverse legend
COL AVG TROAD

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/21940
Type corpus identifier
CN type 21940

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