Mesembria, Caracalla, 4 unit (CN type 406)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
197-217 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace4 unit in bronze struck at Mesembria in Thrace under Caracalla dated 197-217 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 406. Obverse: Laureate bust of Caracalla, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Apollo standing left, holding plectrum and lyre on column.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 4 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 27 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 11.88 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Mesembria
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Caracalla
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Caracalla, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Apollo standing left, holding plectrum and lyre on column.
- Obverse legend
- ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΜΕϹΑΜΒΡΙΑΝΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/406
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 406
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. 400, nr. 21-22, pl. 132, pic. 21-22
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 347, nr. 4156
Research required
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