Perinthos, Septimius Severus, 5 unit (CN type 2470)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
193-211 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace5 unit in bronze struck at Perinthos in Thrace under Septimius Severus dated 193-211 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 2470. Obverse: Laureate bust of Septimius Severus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Agonistic table, surmounted by prize crown with palm branch; behind, trompete.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 5 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 31–31.9 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 20.64 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Perinthos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Septimius Severus
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Septimius Severus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Agonistic table, surmounted by prize crown with palm branch; behind, trompete.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV Κ Λ ϹЄΠ ϹЄVΗΡΟϹ Π
- Reverse legend
- ϹЄΒΗΡЄΙΑ ΠΡΩΤΑ ΠЄΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/2470
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 2470
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. 171, nr. 457, pl. 25
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 27, nr. 146
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution