Ilion, Caracalla, dupondius (CN type 22834)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
198–210 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Troasdupondius in bronze struck at Ilion in Troas under Caracalla dated 198–210 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 22834. Obverse: Laureate bust of youthful Caracalla, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: To left, cult image of Athena Ilias on a pedestal, right; before her, Ilos standing left, holding phiale over lighted altar.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- dupondius
- Recorded diameter
- 26–28 mm (from 8 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 9.39 g (mean of 7 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Ilion
- Region
- Troas
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Caracalla
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of youthful Caracalla, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- To left, cult image of Athena Ilias on a pedestal, right; before her, Ilos standing left, holding phiale over lighted altar.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV ΚΑΙ Μ ΑV ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟ
- Reverse legend
- ΙΛΙЄΩΝ ΙΛΟϹ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/22834
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 22834
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Documented
- 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. 68, nr. T241
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 87
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution