cn type 1721

Mint

Augusta Traiana 🔍

Region: Thrace

Typology

Date

161-169 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse

Legend

ΑV ΚΑΙ ΑVΡΗ ΟVΗΡΟϹ

Design

Bare head of Lucius Verus, right.
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Reverse

Legend

ΑVΓΟVϹΤΗϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΗϹ

Design

The three Charites (or Nymphs?) holding each others shoulders, wearing long garments; outer ones holding spindle.
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Persons

Sitter: Lucius Verus 🔍

Metrology

Denomination

unit 🔍

Material

bronze 🔍

Diameter

Max: 19.2 mm / Min: 17.2 mm

Average Weight

3.77 g (2x)

Axes

1 (2x)

Citation

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Augusta Traiana und Traianopolis, Berlin 1991 p. 66-67, nr. 89 ❐

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. 10343 ❐

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values II 2. Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia), Bourgas 2005 p. 82, nr. 909 ❐

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/10343 ❐

editions

cn.augusta_trajana.1_ed.50 🔍

Cite this record:

cn type 1721, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/1721 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]