Perinthos, Nero, 3 unit (CN type 1491)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
54-68 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace3 unit in bronze struck at Perinthos in Thrace under Nero dated 54-68 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 1491. Obverse: Laureate head of Nero, right. Reverse: Apollo (Citharoedus), seen from front, holding plectrum and lyre.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 3 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 24–30 mm (from 7 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 8.77 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, right.
- Reverse type
- Apollo (Citharoedus), seen from front, holding plectrum and lyre.
- Obverse legend
- ΝΕΡΩΝ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/1491
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 1491
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. 133, nr. 249-252, pl. 10, 11
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 319, nr. 1752
- external concordanceRPC I, 1752
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution