Adramyttion, Caracalla, bronze (CN type 2727)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 206-211 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin type in bronze struck at Adramyttion in Mysia under Caracalla dated ca. 206-211 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 2727. Obverse: Laureate bust of Caracalla, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Homonoia standing left, holding patera and cornucopia.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 26–29 mm (from 7 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 8.88 g (mean of 7 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Adramyttion
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Caracalla
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Caracalla, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Homonoia standing left, holding patera and cornucopia.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑVΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ(Α) ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟV Β ΑΔΡΑΜVΤΗΝΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/2727
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 2727
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 bibliographyp. 228, nr. 213(?)-216
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 47, nr. 140-142
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution