Perinthos, Elagabal, 4 unit (CN type 12943)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
218-222 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace4 unit in bronze struck at Perinthos in Thrace under Elagabal dated 218-222 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 12943. Obverse: Laureate bust of Elagabalus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Emperor (Elagabalus) in military attire standing left between two standards, holding patera and sceptre; at his feet, altar.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 4 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 29 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 14.99 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Perinthos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Elagabal
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Elagabalus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Emperor (Elagabalus) in military attire standing left between two standards, holding patera and sceptre; at his feet, altar.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑVΡ ϹΕV ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ΑVΓ
- Reverse legend
- ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/12943
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 12943
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Documented
- Issue or mint date
- Documented
- Material
- Documented
- Weight
- Documented
- Mint or printer
- Documented
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Documented
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 680 Var.
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution