Perinthos, Trajan, Double unit (CN type 1607)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
107-117 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceDouble unit in bronze struck at Perinthos in Thrace under Trajan dated 107-117 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 1607. Obverse: Laureate head of Trajan, right. Reverse: Club; covered by lion skin.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- Double unit
- Recorded diameter
- 21 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 4.18 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Perinthos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Trajan
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate head of Trajan, right.
- Reverse type
- Club; covered by lion skin.
- Obverse legend
- ΑΥ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙ ϹΕ ΓΕΡ ΔΑ
- Reverse legend
- ΕΠΙ ΙΟΥΟΥ ΚΕΛϹ ΠΡΕϹ ΠΕΡΙΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/1607
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 1607
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. 151, nr. 359, pl. 19
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution