Nikopolis ad Istrum, Elagabal, bronze (CN type 22824)
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 Nikopolis ad Istrum in Moesia inferior under Elagabal dated 218-222 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 22824. Obverse: Laureate bust of Elagabalus, right. Reverse: Nike standing left, holding laurel wreath and palm branch.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 25–26.9 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 12.83 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Nikopolis ad Istrum
- Region
- Moesia inferior
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Elagabal
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Elagabalus, right.
- Reverse type
- Nike standing left, holding laurel wreath and palm branch.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ (Κ) Μ ΑVΡ(Η) ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- VΠ ΝΟΒΙΟV ΡΟVΦΟV ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ Π ΡΟϹ ΙϹΤΡ ΟΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/22824
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 22824
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. 482, nr. 1925
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 150, nr. 4051; 4052
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 1256
- external concordance
Research required
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