Perinthos, Trajan, 3 unit (CN type 1577)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
98-117 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace3 unit in bronze struck at Perinthos in Thrace under Trajan dated 98-117 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 1577. Obverse: Radiate head of Trajan, right. Reverse: Demeter standing left, holding ears of corn and torch.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 3 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 25–28 mm (from 6 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 9.88 g (mean of 8 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Perinthos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Trajan
Design
- Obverse type
- Radiate head of Trajan, right.
- Reverse type
- Demeter standing left, holding ears of corn and torch.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV ΚΑΙ ΝΕ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟΣ ΣΕΒΑ Γ(Ε)
- Reverse legend
- ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/1577
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 1577
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. 146 f., nr. 330-333, pl. 17
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 89, nr. 689, annot. http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/689/
- external concordanceRPC III, 689
Research required
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