Perinthos, Hadrian, 5 unit (CN type 1623)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
117-119 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace5 unit in bronze struck at Perinthos in Thrace under Hadrian dated 117-119 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 1623. Obverse: Laureate bust of Hadrian, right, wearing cuirass; with aegis on left shoulder. Reverse: Athena standing left, holding spear in right hand; left hand on hip; on ground shield to right in background and owl to left, head facing.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 5 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 32–33 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 23.67 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Perinthos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Hadrian
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Hadrian, right, wearing cuirass; with aegis on left shoulder.
- Reverse type
- Athena standing left, holding spear in right hand; left hand on hip; on ground shield to right in background and owl to left, head facing.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤΟ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡ
- Reverse legend
- ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ ΕΠΙ ΜΑΙΚ ΝΕΠ ΠΡ ϹΕΒ ΚΑΙ ΑΝΤ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/1623
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 1623
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. 153-154, nr. 370-372, pl. 19
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 91, nr. 710, annot. http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/710/
- external concordanceRPC III, 710
Research required
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