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Tyras, Caracalla, bronze coin — Dionysus standing left (CN type 23896)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

AD 197–217

Issuing entity

Roman Empire

Coin in bronze struck at Tyras under Caracalla, dated AD 197–217. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 23896 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Laureate bust of bearded Caracalla, right. Legend: ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑVΡ ϹЄVΗΡΟϹ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ. Reverse: Dionysus standing left, wearing short chiton, holding cantharos in his right hand and resting his left on thyrsus; at his feet, panther. Legend: ΤΥΡΑΝΩΝ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 8.07 g (from 1 recorded specimen) and a diameter of 25 mm (from 1 recorded specimen). Published references cited by the corpus: Anochin, Antičnye monety Severnogo Pričernomor‘ja, Kiev 2011, nr. 126; Abramzon and Frolova, Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. Russland. Staatliches Historisches Museum Moskau. Münzen des nördlichen Schwarzmeergebietes, Berlin-Boston 2019, nr. 196-202; Zograf, Monety Tiry, Moskva 1957, p. 112, nr. 104в; Frolova, Katalog monet antičnoj Tiry, 2006, p. 101, nr. 52.

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Historical context

Caracalla, born Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, was a member of the Severan dynasty who served as Roman emperor from 198 to 217 AD, ruling as sole emperor after murdering his brother Geta in 211 AD. Tyras was an ancient Greek city on the northern coast of the Black Sea, originally founded by colonists from Miletus around 600 BC and situated near the mouth of the Tyras River. Under Roman imperial authority, the city issued bronze coinage depicting Dionysus and bearing the portrait of Caracalla.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
25 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
8.07 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Tyras
Authority type
City
Issuing authority
Caracalla

Design

Obverse type
Laureate bust of bearded Caracalla, right.
Reverse type
Dionysus standing left, wearing short chiton, holding cantharos in his right hand and resting his left on thyrsus; at his feet, panther.
Obverse legend
ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑVΡ ϹЄVΗΡΟϹ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Reverse legend
ΤΥΡΑΝΩΝ

Identification

Period
Roman Imperial Period
How to identify
Check the mint name or ethnic, the reverse type and the legend together, then compare weight and module; types from the same mint often differ only in legend arrangement, magistrate names or control marks.
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/23896
Type corpus identifier
CN type 23896

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