Abydos, Caracalla, bronze (CN type 3491)
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 3491. Obverse: Laureate bust of youthful Caracalla, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Nudi Dioscuri standing, each holding torch and spear.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 18 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 4.25 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
- Nudi Dioscuri standing, each holding torch and spear.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV Κ Μ ΑV ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙ
- Reverse legend
- ΑΒVΔΗΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3491
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 3491
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. 221, nr. 2, pl. 5, pic. 6
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 61, pl. 2, pic. 61
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution