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Abydos, Caracalla, bronze (CN type 3519)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

198-217 n. Chr.

Issuing entity

Troas

Coin type in bronze struck at Abydos in Troas under Caracalla dated 198-217 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 3519. Obverse: Laureate bust of bearded Caracalla, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Hero and Leander: to left, nude Leander swimming right; behind, cloak and sword; above, Eros, holding torch; to right, Hero standing on top of tower, holding lamp.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded mean weight
31.37 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Abydos
Region
Troas
Authority type
City
Issuing authority
Caracalla

Design

Obverse type
Laureate bust of bearded Caracalla, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
Reverse type
Hero and Leander: to left, nude Leander swimming right; behind, cloak and sword; above, Eros, holding torch; to right, Hero standing on top of tower, holding lamp.
Obverse legend
ΑV ΚΑΙ Μ ΑVΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟϹ
Reverse legend
ΑΒVΔΗΝΩΝ ΗΡΩ ΛΑΙΑΝΔΡΟϹ

Identification

Period
Roman Imperial Period
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3519
Type corpus identifier
CN type 3519

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Material
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Weight
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