Adramyttion, Caracalla, bronze (CN type 3034)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 198-206 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin type in bronze struck at Adramyttion in Mysia under Caracalla dated ca. 198-206 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 3034. Obverse: Laureate bust of Caracalla, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Emperor and Nike; to left, emperor left, wearing cuirass and boots, holding paludamentum and parazonium in right hand and patera in left; behind him Nike, holding palm-branch in left hand and crowning the emperor.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 34–36.7 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 29.9 g (mean of 1 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
- Emperor and Nike; to left, emperor left, wearing cuirass and boots, holding paludamentum and parazonium in right hand and patera in left; behind him Nike, holding palm-branch in left hand and crowning the emperor.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV ΚΑΙ Μ ΑVΡ ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ЄΠΙ ϹΤΡ Π ΑΙΛ ЄVΤVΧΟVϹ ΑΔΡΑΜΥΤΗΝΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3034
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 3034
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. 218
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 48, nr. 144
Research required
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