Augusta Traiana 9625

Photographer: BBAW

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Mint

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Obverse

Symbol Caracalla
Design Laureate bust of youthful Caracalla, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Border of dots.
Legend ΑVΤ Κ - Μ ΑVΡΗΛΙΟϹ - ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ

Reverse

Design Closed city gate with straight lintel, flanked by two crenellated towers, third crenellated tower rising from center.
Legend ΗΓ ϹΙΚΙΝΝΙΟV ΚΛΑΡΟV ΑVΓΟVϹΤΗϹ // ΤΡΑΙΑΝΗϹ

Literature

Reference

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values II 2. Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia), Bourgas 2005 p. 104, nr. 1242 ❐ Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Augusta Traiana und Traianopolis, Berlin 1991 p. 88-89, nr. 228-231 ❐ Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values II 2. Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia), Bourgas 2005 p. 104, nr. 1242 ❐ Price and Trell, Coins and Their Cities: Architecture on the Ancient Coins of Greece, Rome, and Palestine, London 1977 p. 247, nr. 79

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