Philippopolis, Elagabal, Double unit (CN type 889)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 218-222 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceDouble unit in bronze struck at Philippopolis in Thrace under Elagabal dated ca. 218-222 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 889. Obverse: Laureate head of Elagabalus, right. Reverse: Nemesis-Aequitas standing left, holding scales and cubit-rule; at her feet, wheel.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- Double unit
- Recorded diameter
- 16.6–21.2 mm (from 5 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 3.84 g (mean of 11 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Philippopolis
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Elagabal
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate head of Elagabalus, right.
- Reverse type
- Nemesis-Aequitas standing left, holding scales and cubit-rule; at her feet, wheel.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑVΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/889
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 889
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. 402-403, nr. XVII.35.3.1
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 204, nr. 1788
Research required
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