Perinthos, Perinthus: pseudo-autonomous group 3.2 (CN type 1348)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
138-192 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThracePerinthus: pseudo-autonomous group 3.2 in bronze struck at Perinthos in Thrace dated 138-192 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 1348. Obverse: Draped bust of Serapis, right, wearing kalathos. Reverse: Nude Harpocrates standing left, raising right index finger to lips, holding cornucopia in left arm.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- Perinthus: pseudo-autonomous group 3.2
- Recorded diameter
- 20–23 mm (from 5 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 5.7 g (mean of 5 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Perinthos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City (pseudo-autonomous)
Design
- Obverse type
- Draped bust of Serapis, right, wearing kalathos.
- Reverse type
- Nude Harpocrates standing left, raising right index finger to lips, holding cornucopia in left arm.
- Reverse legend
- ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/1348
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 1348
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 bibliographyp. 114-115, nr. 154-156, pl. 6
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 8670, annot. http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/8670/
- external concordanceRPC IV.1, 8670
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution