Perinthos, Nero, 5 unit (CN type 1471)
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 1471. Obverse: Laureate head of Nero, left. Reverse: Apollo standing left, holding branch and sceptre.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 5 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 32–36 mm (from 6 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 16.87 g (mean of 6 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Perinthos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Nero
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate head of Nero, left.
- Reverse type
- Apollo standing left, holding branch and sceptre.
- Obverse legend
- ΝΕΡΩΝ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ
- Reverse legend
- ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/1471
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 1471
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. 229, pl. 9, 10
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 319, nr. 1753
- external concordanceRPC I, 1753
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution