Nikopolis ad Istrum, Caracalla, bronze (CN type 22692)
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Record status
Individual type · research required
Issuing entity
Moesia inferiorCoin type in bronze struck at Nikopolis ad Istrum in Moesia inferior under Caracalla, catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 22692. Obverse: Laureate bust of Caracalla, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Homonoia standing facing, head left, holding patera and cornucopia.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 21.5 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 6.13 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Nikopolis ad Istrum
- Region
- Moesia inferior
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Caracalla
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Caracalla, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Homonoia standing facing, head left, holding patera and cornucopia.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV Κ Μ ΑVΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΙΤ ΠΡΟϹ ΙϹΤΡ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/22692
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 22692
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. 212, nr. 8.18.36.10
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