Perinthos, Nero, 5 unit (CN type 1469)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
54-68 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace5 unit in bronze struck at Perinthos in Thrace under Nero dated 54-68 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 1469. Obverse: Laureate head of youthful Nero, right. Reverse: Two crossed cornucopiae.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 5 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 32–35.2 mm (from 3 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 23.45 g (mean of 4 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Perinthos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Nero
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate head of youthful Nero, right.
- Reverse type
- Two crossed cornucopiae.
- Obverse legend
- ΝΕΡΩΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΟϹ ϹΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ
- Reverse legend
- ΠЄΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/1469
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 1469
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. 129, nr. 228, pl. 9, 10
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 319, nr. 1748
- external concordanceRPC I, 1748
Research required
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