Tomis, Elagabal, bronze coin — Artemis standing right (CN type 22497)
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
AD 218–222
Issuing entity
Moesia inferiorCoin in bronze struck at Tomis in Moesia inferior under Elagabal, dated AD 218–222. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 22497 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).
Obverse: Laureate bust of Elagabalus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Legend: Μ · ΑVΡΗ · ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ · ΑVΓΟ. 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. Legend: ΜΗΤΡΟΠ · ΠΟΝΤΟV · ΤΟΜΕΟϹ (sic) ·. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 12.28 g (from 1 recorded specimen) and a diameter of 27 mm (from 1 recorded specimen).
Published references cited by the corpus: Kapossy and Righetti, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum. Schweiz. 2: Münzen der Antike: Katalog der Sammlung Jean-Pierre Righetti im Bernischen Historischen Museum, Bern 1993, nr. 246, pl. 17; Calomino, RPC VI: Roman Provincial Coinage. Vol. VI: From Elagabalus to Maximinus Thrax (AD 218–238). online, nr. 1765; Linked type corpus.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 4
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 3
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Historical context
Tomis, located in Moesia inferior, struck civic coinage during the reign of the Roman emperor Elagabalus, who ruled between 218 and 222. Originally named Varius Avitus Bassianus and a relative of the Severan dynasty, he served as head priest of the sun god Elagabal in Emesa before being raised to the imperial title at the age of 14 following a military revolt against Macrinus.
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
- 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/22497
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 22497
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- Issue or mint date
- Recorded
- Material
- Recorded
- Weight
- Recorded
- Mint or printer
- Recorded
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Recorded
- Attached photograph (check rights)
- Recorded
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Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 246, pl. 17
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 1765
- external concordance
Research required
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