Traianopolis, Caracalla, Double unit (CN type 2721)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
212-217 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceDouble unit in bronze struck at Traianopolis in Thrace under Caracalla dated 212-217 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 2721. Obverse: Radiate bust of bearded Caracalla, right, wearing scale cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Zeus standing left, holding patera and sceptre; at his feet, eagle.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- Double unit
- Recorded diameter
- 19–20.5 mm (from 1 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
- Zeus standing left, holding patera and sceptre; at his feet, eagle.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑVΡ ϹΕ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/2721
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 2721
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. 176, nr. 87
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 300, nr. 2865
Research required
- Weight not recorded in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution