Traianopolis, Caracalla, unit (CN type 3852)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
198-217 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thraceunit in bronze struck at Traianopolis in Thrace under Caracalla dated 198-217 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 3852. Obverse: Laureate head of bearded Caracalla, right. Reverse: Altar, lighted and garlanded.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- unit
- Recorded diameter
- 14–17.5 mm (from 10 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 2.72 g (mean of 9 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Traianopolis
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Caracalla
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate head of bearded Caracalla, right.
- Reverse type
- Altar, lighted and garlanded.
- Obverse legend
- ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ΠΙΟϹ ΑVΓΟ(V)
- Reverse legend
- ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3852
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 3852
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. 178, 179, nr. 98, 103, 111-115
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution