Tyras, Antoninus Pius, bronze (CN type 23889)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
138-161 n. Chr.
Coin type in bronze struck at Tyras under Antoninus Pius dated 138-161 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 23889. Obverse: Laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right. Reverse: Nude Heracles standing facing, head, right, resting right hand on club, holding lion skin and the apples of the Hesperides.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 16–17 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 2.55 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Tyras
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Antoninus Pius
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right.
- Reverse type
- Nude Heracles standing facing, head, right, resting right hand on club, holding lion skin and the apples of the Hesperides.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟΝ ϹЄΒ
- Reverse legend
- ΤΥΡΑΝΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/23889
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 23889
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. 71
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 93-100
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 86, nr. 54
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 63, nr. 4
- external concordance
Research required
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