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Æ30 Caracalla Thrace
| Issuer | Augusta Traiana (Thrace) |
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| Year | 198-217 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | The emperor stands facing left in full military attire, wearing a cuirass and paludamentum, holding a small figure of Victory in his extended right hand and a long spear or sceptre in his left. The figure is rendered in the standard provincial iconographic tradition for imperial reverses from Thracian mints. A Greek civic legend naming Augusta Traiana runs around the periphery of the reverse field. The reverse shows moderate wear consistent with circulation use. |
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Augusta Traiana, modern Stara Zagora in Bulgaria, was one of the more active provincial mints in Thrace during the Severan period, striking a substantial volume of bronze for local circulation while the imperial mints handled precious metals. Caracalla's co-reign with Septimius Severus from 198 AD and his sole rule after 211 account for the broad date range assigned to this type — attribution to a specific phase within that window typically depends on the reverse type and titulature.
The Moushon 2025 reference suggests a recently catalogued or reclassified piece within the Thracian provincial corpus, a field still being systematically worked through by specialists.