Perinthos, Antoninus Pius, 5 unit (CN type 1639)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
154-155 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace5 unit in bronze struck at Perinthos in Thrace under Antoninus Pius dated 154-155 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 1639. Obverse: Bare-headed bust of Antoninus Pius, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Naked Apollo standing right, supporting left on half column.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 5 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 31 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 17.86 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Perinthos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Antoninus Pius
Design
- Obverse type
- Bare-headed bust of Antoninus Pius, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Naked Apollo standing right, supporting left on half column.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ ΚΑΙ Τ ΑΙΛΙ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΗΓΕ ΙΟV ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟV ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/1639
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 1639
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. 158, nr. 390, pl. 21
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 3947, annot. http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/3947/
- external concordanceRPC IV.1, 3947
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution