Tyras, Caracalla, bronze (CN type 23898)
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 Tyras under Caracalla dated 197-217 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 23898. Obverse: Laureate bust of Caracalla, right. Reverse: Cybele enthroned left, wearing kalathos and long garment, holding patera in outstretched right hand, left arm resting on tympanon.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 23 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 5.92 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Tyras
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Caracalla
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Caracalla, right.
- Reverse type
- Cybele enthroned left, wearing kalathos and long garment, holding patera in outstretched right hand, left arm resting on tympanon.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV Κ Μ ΑV ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΤΥΡΑΝΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/23898
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 23898
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. 112
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 103, nr. 89
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 92, nr. 30
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 166-167
Research required
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