Perinthos, Domitian, 5 unit (CN type 1521)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
81-96 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace5 unit in bronze struck at Perinthos in Thrace under Domitian dated 81-96 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 1521. Obverse: Laureate head of Domitian, right. Reverse: Nude Heracles standing left, resting on club, holding lion skin in left arm.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 5 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 31–33 mm (from 3 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 20.59 g (mean of 4 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Perinthos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Domitian
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate head of Domitian, right.
- Reverse type
- Nude Heracles standing left, resting on club, holding lion skin in left arm.
- Obverse legend
- ΑΥΤΟΚ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΟΣ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡ
- Reverse legend
- ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/1521
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 1521
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. 139, nr. 289-292, pl. 13, 14
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 362, nr. 78
- external concordanceRPC II, 362.
Research required
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