Perinthos, Nero, 3 unit (CN type 1519)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
63-65 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace3 unit in bronze struck at Perinthos in Thrace under Nero dated 63-65 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 1519. Obverse: Diademed bust of Poppaea, right. Reverse: Headdress of Isis between two crossed ears of corn; all within laurel wreath.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 3 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 16.3–28.8 mm (from 33 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 9.57 g (mean of 31 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Perinthos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Nero
Design
- Obverse type
- Diademed bust of Poppaea, right.
- Reverse type
- Headdress of Isis between two crossed ears of corn; all within laurel wreath.
- Obverse legend
- ΠΟΠΠΑΙΑ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗ
- Reverse legend
- ΠΕ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Recorded findspots
- Plovdiv (Пловдив), Čirpan (Чирпан), Aquae Calidae - Thermopolis (Vetren)
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/1519
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 1519
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. 135-137, nr. 259-271, pl. 12
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 320, nr. 1756
- external concordanceRPC I, 1756
Research required
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