Augusta Traiana, half unit (CN type 2361)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
200-225 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thracehalf unit in bronze struck at Augusta Traiana in Thrace dated 200-225 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 2361. Obverse: Draped bust of Serapis, right, wearing kalathos. Reverse: Nude Harpocrates standing left, raising right index finger to lips, holding cornucopia in left arm.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- half unit
- Recorded diameter
- 12.5–14 mm (from 4 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 1.79 g (mean of 4 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Augusta Traiana
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City (pseudo-autonomous)
Design
- Obverse type
- Draped bust of Serapis, right, wearing kalathos.
- Reverse type
- Nude Harpocrates standing left, raising right index finger to lips, holding cornucopia in left arm.
- Reverse legend
- ΑVΓΟVϹΤΗϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΗϹ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/2361
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 2361
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. 136, nr. 525
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution