Topeiros, Antoninus Pius, 3 unit — Heracles seated with club left on rock covered with lion skin (CN type 22468)
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
c. AD 154–155
Issuing entity
Thrace3 unit in bronze struck at Topeiros in Thrace under Antoninus Pius, dated c. AD 154–155. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 22468 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).
Obverse: Radiate head of Antoninus Pius, right. Legend: ΑV Κ Τ ΑΙ ΑΔΡΙ - ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟ. Reverse: Heracles seated with club left on rock covered with lion skin; in front, nymph ? holding taenia (?) with both hands. Legend: ΕΠΙ ΙΟV ΚΟΜΟΔΟV ΤΟΠΙΡΙΤΩ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 7.58 g (from 1 recorded specimen) and a diameter of 22.1–22.6 mm (from 1 recorded specimen).
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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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
- 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/22468
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 22468
- Source note
- The corpus record cites no printed literature for this type; it rests on recorded specimens.
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Recorded
- Issue or mint date
- Recorded
- Material
- Recorded
- Weight
- Recorded
- Mint or printer
- Recorded
- Mint or printer mark
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- Catalogue reference
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- Recorded
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Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
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