Perinthos, Marc Aurel, 3 unit (CN type 2438)
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 2438. Obverse: Bare-headed bust of youthful Marcus Aurelius, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Artemis standing right, wearing long garment and boots, holding torch and bow; at her feet, dog.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 3 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 24–35.3 mm (from 19 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 9.25 g (mean of 17 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
- Artemis standing right, wearing long garment and boots, holding torch and bow; at her feet, dog.
- Obverse legend
- Μ ΑVΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΟVΗΡΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
- Reverse legend
- ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/2438
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 2438
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. 163-164, nr. 422-430, pl. 23
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 8661, annot. temporary
- external concordanceRPC IV.1, 8661
Research required
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