Abydos, Caracalla, bronze (CN type 3482)
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 3482. Obverse: Laureate bust of Caracalla, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Nude Poseidon right, holding dolphin and trident.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 24 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Abydos
- Region
- Troas
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Caracalla
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Caracalla, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Nude Poseidon right, holding dolphin and trident.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV Κ Μ ΑVΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΑΒVΔΗΝΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3482
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 3482
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- Issue or mint date
- Documented
- Material
- Documented
- Weight
- Research required
- Mint or printer
- Documented
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Documented
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 507, nr. 64
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 75, nr. 34
Research required
- Weight not recorded in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution