Augusta Traiana, Caracalla, unit (CN type 2375)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
197-217 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thraceunit in bronze struck at Augusta Traiana in Thrace under Caracalla dated 197-217 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 2375. Obverse: Laureate bust of youthful Caracalla, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Dancing maenad, seen from front, holding veil in right hand.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- unit
- Recorded diameter
- 19–20.5 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 3.7 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 youthful Caracalla, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Dancing maenad, seen from front, holding veil in right hand.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Μ ΑVΡΗΛ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΑVΓΟVϹΤΗϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΗϹ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/2375
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 2375
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. 196, nr. 11
Research required
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