cn type 1720
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cn type 1720

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Augusta Traiana 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

161-169 AD

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Obverse
Legend
ΑV ΚΑΙ Λ ΑVΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΟVΗΡΟϹ
Design
Bare head of Lucius Verus, right.
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Reverse
Legend
ΑVΓΟVϹΤΗϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΗϹ
Design
Dionysus standing left, holding cantharus? and thyrsus; resting left arm on column; at his feet, left, panther.
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Sitter: Lucius Verus 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
Material
Diameter
Max: 19.7 mm / Min: 18.1 mm
Average Weight
3.92 g (2x)
Axes
7 (1x)
Public Commentary

Das Attribut des Dionysos in der rechten Hand wird in der zitierten Literatur als Zweig interpretiert. Das Exemplar aus der Sammlung von Herrn Hourmouziadis legt indes die Vermutung nahe, dass es sich um einen sehr kleinen Kantharos handelt.

Citation

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Augusta Traiana und Traianopolis, Berlin 1991 p. 67, nr. 94 

Heuchert, RPC IV: Roman Provincial Coinage. Vol. IV: From Antoninus Pius to Commodus (AD 138–192). online (temporary), http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/ nr. 10346 

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values II 2. Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia), Bourgas 2005 p. 82, nr. 905

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/10346

editions

cn.augusta_trajana.1_ed.44  🔍

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cn type 1720, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/1720 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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