Perinthos, Antoninus Pius, 3 unit (CN type 2427)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 138-161 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace3 unit in bronze struck at Perinthos in Thrace under Antoninus Pius dated ca. 138-161 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 2427. Obverse: Bare head of Antoninus Pius, right. Reverse: Artemis advancing right, holding torch in each hand.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 3 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 24–27 mm (from 10 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 9.79 g (mean of 9 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Perinthos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Antoninus Pius
Design
- Obverse type
- Bare head of Antoninus Pius, right.
- Reverse type
- Artemis advancing right, holding torch in each hand.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ ΚΑΙ Τ ΑΙΛΙ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/2427
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 2427
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. 159, nr. 399-406, pl. 22
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 3893, annot. http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/3893/
- external concordanceRPC IV.1, 3893
Research required
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