Traianopolis, Caracalla, 5 unit (CN type 2698)
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 2698. Obverse: Laureate bust of bearded Caracalla, right. Reverse: Demeter standing left, holding ears of corn and torch which is entwined by serpent; at her feet, cista mystica out of which serpent creeps.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 5 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 23–30 mm (from 3 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 17.05 g (mean of 2 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
- Demeter standing left, holding ears of corn and torch which is entwined by serpent; at her feet, cista mystica out of which serpent creeps.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑVΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/2698
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 2698
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Documented
- 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 bibliographyp. 172, nr. 66-67
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 296, nr. 2804
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution