Olbia, Caracalla, bronze (CN type 23786)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
197-217 n. Chr.
Coin type in bronze struck at Olbia under Caracalla dated 197-217 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 23786. Obverse: Laureate bust of youthful Caracalla, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Zeus enthroned right, left hand outstretched, right resting on sceptre.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 22–23 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 4.78 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Olbia
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Caracalla
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of youthful Caracalla, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Zeus enthroned right, left hand outstretched, right resting on sceptre.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑVΡ ΑΝΤWΝЄΙΝΟϹ ϹЄΒΑ
- Reverse legend
- ΟΛΒΙΟΠΟΛЄΙΤWΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/23786
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 23786
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 bibliographynr. 557
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 390
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 2895-2903
Research required
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