Æ25 - Caracalla COL AVG TROA
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 | 8.54 g |
| Diameter | 25 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 539108 |
| References | RPC Online V.2# 77451 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, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, right, seen from rear
Script: Latin
Lettering: M AV ANTONINVS PIVS AV
Unabridged legend: Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Pius Augustus
Translation: Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Pius Augustus
Reverse
To left, cult statue of Apollo Smintheus standing on short column, right, holding patera and bow; to right, male figure (Alexander?), standing left, holding patera and sceptre; between them, lighted tripod entwined by serpent; above, eagle flying, right, holding bucranium in claws
Lettering: COL AVG TROA
Unabridged legend: colonia Augusta Troas
Translation: the Augustan colony of the Troad
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (198-217) | |||||||||||||||
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