Perinthos, Trajan, 5 unit (CN type 1575)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
98-101 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace5 unit in bronze struck at Perinthos in Thrace under Trajan dated 98-101 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 1575. Obverse: Laureate head of Trajan, right. Reverse: Togate emperor (Nerva) standing left, holding branch and short sceptre.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 5 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 30.5–33.7 mm (from 7 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 18.83 g (mean of 6 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Perinthos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Trajan
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate head of Trajan, right.
- Reverse type
- Togate emperor (Nerva) standing left, holding branch and short sceptre.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV ΚΑΙΣ ΝΕ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟΣ ΣΕΒΑΣ ΓΕΡ
- Reverse legend
- ΝΕΡΟVΑΝ ΘΕΟΝ ΣΕΒΑΣΤ(Ο,ΟΝ) ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/1575
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 1575
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. 145, nr. 319 ff., pl. 16
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 89, nr. 682, annot. http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/682/
- external concordanceRPC III, 682
Research required
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