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Alexandria Troas, Caracalla, bronze coin — Statue of Apollo Smintheus (CN type 22716)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

AD 198–217

Issuing entity

Troas

Coin in bronze struck at Alexandria Troas in Troas under Caracalla, dated AD 198–217. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 22716 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Laureate bust of bearded Caracalla, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Legend: ANTONINVS PIVS. Reverse: Statue of Apollo Smintheus, right, holding patera and bow, quiver hanging from the shoulder, on round base. Legend: COL ALEX AVG. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 3.67 g (from 1 recorded specimen) and a diameter of 21.8 mm (from 1 recorded specimen). Published references cited by the corpus: Bellinger, Troy: the coins, Princeton 1961, p. 121, nr. A292.

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Historical context

Caracalla served as Roman emperor from AD 198 to 217, initially as nominal co-emperor alongside his father Septimius Severus and later ruling alone after the death of his brother Geta in 211. Alexandria Troas, situated on the Aegean Sea in the Troad, operated as a civic issuing authority within the empire and struck this bronze coin under Caracalla during his reign.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
21.8 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
3.67 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 cuirass and paludamentum.
Reverse type
Statue of Apollo Smintheus, right, holding patera and bow, quiver hanging from the shoulder, on round base.
Obverse legend
ANTONINVS PIVS
Reverse legend
COL ALEX AVG

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/22716
Type corpus identifier
CN type 22716

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