Æ24 - Caracalla COL AV TROAD
Features
| Issuer |
Alexandria Troas
(Conventus of Adramyteum)  |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Caracalla (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Caracalla) (198-217)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 198-217 |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 8.60 g |
| Diameter | 24 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 538999 |
| References | RPC Online V.2# 748 British Museum, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford University Press (publisher). Roman Provincial Coinage / Volume 5.2 From Pertinax to Macrinus (AD 193–218): Bithynia-Pontus and Asia. British Museum, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford University Press. |
Obverse
Laureate and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, right, seen from front, with gorgoneion on cuirass
Lettering: M AV ANTONINVS
Unabridged legend: Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Translation: Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Reverse
In centre; herdsman (Ordes) advancing left, raising arm, carrying pedum; to left, cult statue of Apollo Smintheus standing on the top of a cave housing a sacred spring, right, with quiver on shoulder, holding bow and patera; to right, bul (?) jumping, right, head, left
Script: Latin
Lettering: COL AV TROAD
Unabridged legend: coloniae Augustae Troadis
Translation: of the Augustan colony of the Troad
Comments
BMC 94
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| ND (198-217) | 
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