Abydos, Caracalla, bronze (CN type 3520)
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 3520. Obverse: Laureate bust of Caracalla, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Border of dots. Reverse: Cult statue of Artemis standing between Dioscuri, facing. Border of dots.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 31 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 24.29 g (mean of 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. Border of dots.
- Reverse type
- Cult statue of Artemis standing between Dioscuri, facing. Border of dots.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV ΚΑΙ Μ ΑVΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΑΒVΔΗΝΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3520
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 3520
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 bibliographynr. 603, pic. 603
Research required
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