Adramyttion, Caracalla, bronze (CN type 3110)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 198-211 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin type in bronze struck at Adramyttion in Mysia under Caracalla dated ca. 198-211 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 3110. Obverse: Laureate bust of youthful Caracalla, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Dionysus standing facing, holding cantharus and thyrsus.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 16.6–20 mm (from 3 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 2.51 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Adramyttion
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Caracalla
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of youthful Caracalla, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Dionysus standing facing, holding cantharus and thyrsus.
- Obverse legend
- ΑΥ(ΤΟ) ΚΑ(Ι) Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΑΔΡΑΜVΤΗΝΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3110
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 3110
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. 227, nr. 209-210(?)
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 46, nr. 136
Research required
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