Tomis, Elagabal, bronze (CN type 22497)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
218-222 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Moesia inferiorCoin type in bronze struck at Tomis in Moesia inferior under Elagabal dated 218-222 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 22497. Obverse: Laureate bust of Elagabalus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Artemis standing right, wearing short double chiton, cloak and boots, reaching for quiver at shoulder with right hand and holding bow in left hand; at her feet dog leaping right.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 27 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 12.28 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Tomis
- Region
- Moesia inferior
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Elagabal
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Elagabalus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Artemis standing right, wearing short double chiton, cloak and boots, reaching for quiver at shoulder with right hand and holding bow in left hand; at her feet dog leaping right.
- Obverse legend
- Μ · ΑVΡΗ · ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ · ΑVΓΟ
- Reverse legend
- ΜΗΤΡΟΠ · ΠΟΝΤΟV · ΤΟΜΕΟϹ (sic) ·
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/22497
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 22497
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 bibliographynr. 246, pl. 17
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 1765
- external concordance
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution