Perinthos, Septimius Severus, unit (CN type 2468)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
193-211 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thraceunit in bronze struck at Perinthos in Thrace under Septimius Severus dated 193-211 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 2468. Obverse: Laureate head of Septimius Severus, right. Reverse: Nude athlete standing facing, crowning himself, holding palm branch in left arm.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- unit
- Recorded diameter
- 17–21 mm (from 3 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 2.91 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Perinthos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Septimius Severus
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate head of Septimius Severus, right.
- Reverse type
- Nude athlete standing facing, crowning himself, holding palm branch in left arm.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV Κ Λ ϹЄΠ ϹЄVΗΡΟϹ Π
- Reverse legend
- ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/2468
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 2468
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. 170, nr. 452-454
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 28, nr. 156
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution