Kallatis, bronze (CN type 3970)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 100-299 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Moesia inferiorCoin type in bronze struck at Kallatis in Moesia inferior dated ca. 100-299 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 3970. Obverse: Veiled and draped bust of Demeter, right, wearing corn wreath; in front two ears of corn. Reverse: The Dioscuri riding on horseback, advancing right, wearing long coats, two stars above their heads.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 22.6–23.5 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 7.47 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Kallatis
- Region
- Moesia inferior
- Authority type
- City (pseudo-autonomous)
Design
- Obverse type
- Veiled and draped bust of Demeter, right, wearing corn wreath; in front two ears of corn.
- Reverse type
- The Dioscuri riding on horseback, advancing right, wearing long coats, two stars above their heads.
- Reverse legend
- ΚΑΛΛΑΤΙΑΝΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3970
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 3970
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. 109, nr. 281, pl. II, pic. 9
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution