Perinthos, Marc Aurel, 3 unit (CN type 2436)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
139-161 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace3 unit in bronze struck at Perinthos in Thrace under Marc Aurel dated 139-161 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 2436. Obverse: Bare-headed bust of youthful Marcus Aurelius, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Zeus enthroned left, holding patera and sceptre.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 3 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 26–27 mm (from 3 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 9.27 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Perinthos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Marc Aurel
Design
- Obverse type
- Bare-headed bust of youthful Marcus Aurelius, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Zeus enthroned left, holding patera and sceptre.
- Obverse legend
- ΜΑΡ ΑVΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΟVΗΡΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
- Reverse legend
- ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/2436
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 2436
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. 163, nr. 419
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 8658, annot. temporary
- external concordanceRPC IV.1, 8658
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution