Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
Æ22 - Caracalla ΤΕΙΜΟΘΕ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟ
| Issuer | Traianopolis (Sardis) (Conventus of Sardis) |
|---|---|
| Year | 198-217 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Cybele, the Anatolian mother goddess, seated left upon a throne, extending a patera in her right hand and resting her left arm on a tympanum. The figure is rendered in the static, frontal-throne style typical of Asia Minor civic bronzes of the Severan period. The divided legend ΤΕΙΜΟΘΕ — ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟ flanks the enthroned deity on left and right, naming the civic magistrate Timotheos as dedicator to the Traianopolitans. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Traianopolis (Lydia) |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Traianopolis in the Sardis conventus was a minor Lydian city whose civic coinage under Caracalla reflects the broader competitive culture of Asia Minor's poleis — each eager to demonstrate loyalty to the imperial house through locally struck bronze. The city took its name from Trajan, and coins of this type are among the primary surviving evidence for its civic identity.
V.2#27282 is a sparsely documented reference, and genuine examples surface rarely enough that provenance tracking remains difficult.