Perinthos, Trajan, Double unit (CN type 2073)
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 2073. Obverse: Laureate head of Trajan, right; aegis on left shoulder. Reverse: Club; covered by lion skin.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- Double unit
- Recorded diameter
- 21–24 mm (from 6 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 5.41 g (mean of 3 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Perinthos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Trajan
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate head of Trajan, right; aegis on left shoulder.
- Reverse type
- Club; covered by lion skin.
- Obverse legend
- ΑΥ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙ(Α)ΝΟϹ 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/2073
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 2073
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. 630-363
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 90, nr. 705, annot. http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/705/
- external concordanceRPC III, 705
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution