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!
Æ24 - Caracalla COL AV TROAD
| Issuer | Alexandria Troas (Conventus of Adramyteum) |
|---|---|
| Year | 198-217 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
| 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 | Log in to see details |
| 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 | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | The reverse depicts a herdsman, identified as Ordes, advancing left with his right arm raised and carrying a pedum (shepherd's crook). To the left stands the cult statue of Apollo Smintheus atop a cave sheltering a sacred spring, facing right, with a quiver on his shoulder, holding a bow and a patera. To the right, a bull (?) is shown leaping rightward with its head turned back to the left. The colonial legend COL AV TROAD is inscribed in the field, identifying the issuing city of Alexandria Troas. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Alexandria Troas was a Roman colony founded by Antigonus around 310 BC and refounded by Lysimachus, eventually receiving full colonial status under Augustus. Its coins from the Severan period are notable for depicting the famous local sanctuary of Apollo Smintheus at Chryse — but more practically, the colony's mint was unusually productive under Caracalla, partly because the city served as a major embarkation point for troops crossing into Asia Minor. Military traffic meant coin demand, and the Alexandria Troas mint answered accordingly.