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Traianopolis, Caracalla, unit — Nemesis-Aequitas standing left (CN type 2758)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

AD 212–217

Issuing entity

Thrace

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 2758 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Laureate bust of bearded Caracalla, right, wearing scale cuirass and paludamentum. Legend: ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑVΡ ϹΕ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ. Reverse: Nemesis-Aequitas standing left, wearing kalathos, holding scales and cornucopia. Legend: ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 2.18 g (from 1 recorded specimen) and a diameter of 15.5–18 mm (from 2 recorded specimens). Published references cited by the corpus: Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Augusta Traiana und Traianopolis, Berlin 1991, p. 179, nr. 107; Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values III Band 3, Thrace (from Perinthus to Trajanopolis), 2007, p. 299, nr. 2846.

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Historical context

Caracalla, originally Lucius Septimius Bassianus and later Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, was a Roman emperor belonging to the Severan dynasty. After ruling alongside his father Septimius Severus from 198 AD, and briefly sharing power with his brother Geta following their father's death in 211, Caracalla had Geta murdered to reign alone until his death in 217. Struck between AD 212 and 217, this bronze unit was minted by the civic authorities of Traianopolis in Thrace during his sole rule.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Denomination
unit
Recorded diameter
15.5–18 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
2.18 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Traianopolis
Region
Thrace
Authority type
City
Issuing authority
Caracalla

Design

Obverse type
Laureate bust of bearded Caracalla, right, wearing scale cuirass and paludamentum.
Reverse type
Nemesis-Aequitas standing left, wearing kalathos, holding scales 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/2758
Type corpus identifier
CN type 2758

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