Traianopolis, Caracalla, Double unit — Homonoia enthroned left (CN type 2719)
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
AD 212–217
Issuing entity
ThraceDouble unit in bronze struck at Traianopolis in Thrace under Caracalla, dated AD 212–217. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 2719 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).
Obverse: Radiate bust of bearded Caracalla, right, wearing scale cuirass and paludamentum. Legend: ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑVΡ ϹΕ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ. Reverse: Homonoia enthroned left, wearing kalathos, holding patera and cornucopia. Legend: ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 7.19 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 20–22 mm (from 2 recorded specimens). Published references cited by the corpus: Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Augusta Traiana und Traianopolis, Berlin 1991, p. 176, nr. 86; Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values III Band 3, Thrace (from Perinthus to Trajanopolis), 2007, p. 298, nr. 2832.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 3
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 2
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- Double unit
- Recorded diameter
- 20–22 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 7.19 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Traianopolis
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Caracalla
Design
- Obverse type
- Radiate bust of bearded Caracalla, right, wearing scale cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Homonoia enthroned left, wearing kalathos, holding patera and cornucopia.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑVΡ ϹΕ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
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/2719
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 2719
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Recorded
- Issue or mint date
- Recorded
- Material
- Recorded
- Weight
- Recorded
- Mint or printer
- Recorded
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Recorded
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- Recorded
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Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 176, nr. 86
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 298, nr. 2832
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