Perinthos, Septimius Severus, 4 unit (CN type 2509)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
193-211 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace4 unit in bronze struck at Perinthos in Thrace under Septimius Severus dated 193-211 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 2509. Obverse: Laureate bust of Septimius Severus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Agonistic table, surmounted by two prize crowns and two palm branches inbetween; below, apples and amphora.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 4 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 28–36 mm (from 18 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 12.68 g (mean of 19 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 two prize crowns and two palm branches inbetween; below, apples and amphora.
- Obverse legend
- ΑΥ Κ Λ ϹΕΠ ϹΕΥΗΡΟϹ Π
- Reverse legend
- ΑΚΤΙΑ ΠΥΘΙΑ ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/2509
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 2509
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. 178-179, nr. 494-499, pl. 28
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 32, nr. 197
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution