Abydos, Caracalla, bronze (CN type 3481)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
198-217 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
TroasCoin type in bronze struck at Abydos in Troas under Caracalla dated 198-217 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 3481. Obverse: Laureate bust of youthful Caracalla, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Dioscuri standing between two horses, each holding spear.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 26 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 10.23 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Abydos
- Region
- Troas
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Caracalla
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of youthful Caracalla, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Dioscuri standing between two horses, each holding spear.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Μ Α ΑΝΤΟΝЄΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ЄΠ ΦΑ ΠΠΡΚΛΟ ΑΒVΔ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3481
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 3481
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
- Research required
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
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