Nikopolis ad Istrum, Elagabal, bronze (CN type 24306)
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Record status
Individual type · research required
Issuing entity
Moesia inferiorCoin type in bronze struck at Nikopolis ad Istrum in Moesia inferior under Elagabal, catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 24306. Obverse: Radiate bust of Elagabalus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Concordia wearing chiton, chimation and calathus, standing left; holding patera and cornucopia.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 26 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 11.65 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Nikopolis ad Istrum
- Region
- Moesia inferior
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Elagabal
Design
- Obverse type
- Radiate bust of Elagabalus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Concordia wearing chiton, chimation and calathus, standing left; holding patera and cornucopia.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV Κ Μ ΑVΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- VΠ ΝΟΒΙΟV ΡΟVΦΟV ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΙϹΤΡΟΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/24306
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 24306
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. 1225
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 491, nr. 1969
- external concordance
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution