Alexandria Troas, Caracalla, bronze (CN type 22687)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
198-210 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
TroasCoin type in bronze struck at Alexandria Troas in Troas under Caracalla dated 198-210 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 22687. Obverse: Laureate bust of bearded Caracalla, right, wearing scale cuirass. Reverse: Apollo standing left, with right foot on column, holding branch.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 24.4 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 7.23 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Alexandria Troas
- Region
- Troas
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Caracalla
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of bearded Caracalla, right, wearing scale cuirass.
- Reverse type
- Apollo standing left, with right foot on column, holding branch.
- Obverse legend
- ANTONINVS PIVS AVG
- Reverse legend
- COL ALEXAN AVG
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/22687
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 22687
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 bibliographyp. 117, nr. A258
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 309
- external concordance
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution