Topeiros, Antoninus Pius, 3 unit (CN type 22468)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 154-155 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace3 unit in bronze struck at Topeiros in Thrace under Antoninus Pius dated ca. 154-155 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 22468. Obverse: Radiate head of Antoninus Pius, right. Reverse: Heracles seated with club left on rock covered with lion skin; in front, nymph ? holding taenia (?) with both hands.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 3 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 22.1–22.6 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 7.58 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Topeiros
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Antoninus Pius
Design
- Obverse type
- Radiate head of Antoninus Pius, right.
- Reverse type
- Heracles seated with club left on rock covered with lion skin; in front, nymph ? holding taenia (?) with both hands.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV Κ Τ ΑΙ ΑΔΡΙ - ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟ
- Reverse legend
- ΕΠΙ ΙΟV ΚΟΜΟΔΟV ΤΟΠΙΡΙΤΩ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/22468
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 22468
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
- Research required
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution