Perinthos, Septimius Severus, 4 unit (CN type 12029)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

193-211 n. Chr.

Issuing entity

Thrace

4 unit in bronze struck at Perinthos in Thrace under Septimius Severus dated 193-211 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 12029. Obverse: Laureate bust of Septimius Severus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Nike standing right, naked to waist, stepping with left foot on helmet and attachning a shield inscribed ΠΥΘΙΑ to palm-tree.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Denomination
4 unit
Recorded diameter
28.5–29.5 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
14.31 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Perinthos
Region
Thrace
Authority type
City
Issuing authority
Septimius Severus

Design

Obverse type
Laureate bust of Septimius Severus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
Reverse type
Nike standing right, naked to waist, stepping with left foot on helmet and attachning a shield inscribed ΠΥΘΙΑ to palm-tree.
Obverse legend
ΑV Κ Λ ϹΕΠ ϹΕVΗΡΟϹ Π
Reverse legend
ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ ΝЄΩΚΟΡΩΝ

Identification

Period
Roman Imperial Period
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/12029
Type corpus identifier
CN type 12029

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