Augusta Traiana, Caracalla, 5 unit (CN type 2374)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
197-217 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace5 unit in bronze struck at Augusta Traiana in Thrace under Caracalla dated 197-217 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 2374. Obverse: Laureate bust of Caracalla, right, wearing cuirass; gorgoneion on cuirass. Reverse: Asclepius standing facing, holding serpent-staff in right hand.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 5 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 28 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 20 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Augusta Traiana
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Caracalla
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Caracalla, right, wearing cuirass; gorgoneion on cuirass.
- Reverse type
- Asclepius standing facing, holding serpent-staff in right hand.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑVΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΑVΓΟVϹΤΗϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΗϹ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/2374
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 2374
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. 195, nr. 8
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 704
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 95, nr. 1082
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution