Traianopolis, Caracalla, Double unit (CN type 3850)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
212-217 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceDouble unit in bronze struck at Traianopolis in Thrace under Caracalla dated 212-217 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 3850. Obverse: Radiate bust of bearded Caracalla, right, wearing scale cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Hygieia standing right, feeding serpent from patera.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- Double unit
- Recorded diameter
- 22–24.7 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 6.89 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Traianopolis
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Caracalla
Design
- Obverse type
- Radiate bust of bearded Caracalla, right, wearing scale cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Hygieia standing right, feeding serpent from patera.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑVΡ ϹΕ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3850
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 3850
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Documented
- 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. 175, nr. 83
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 198, nr. 2837
Research required
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