Traianopolis, Caracalla, 5 unit (CN type 2693)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
197-217 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace5 unit in bronze struck at Traianopolis in Thrace under Caracalla dated 197-217 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 2693. Obverse: Laureate bust of bearded Caracalla, right. Reverse: Hera standing left, wearing stephane, holding patera and sceptre.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 5 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 30.5–32.5 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Traianopolis
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Caracalla
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of bearded Caracalla, right.
- Reverse type
- Hera standing left, wearing stephane, holding patera and sceptre.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑVΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/2693
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 2693
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Documented
- Issue or mint date
- Documented
- Material
- Documented
- Weight
- Research required
- Mint or printer
- Documented
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Documented
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 171, nr. 59
Research required
- Weight not recorded in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution