Perinthos, Septimius Severus, Medallion (CN type 2526)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
193-211 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceMedallion in bronze struck at Perinthos in Thrace under Septimius Severus dated 193-211 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 2526. Obverse: Laureate bust of Septimius Severus, right, wearing cuirass; gorgoneion on cuirass. Reverse: Two octastyle temples facing each other both on crepidoma; above, two prize crowns, each containing a palm branch.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- Medallion
- Recorded diameter
- 40–40.2 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 36.86 g (mean of 4 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; gorgoneion on cuirass.
- Reverse type
- Two octastyle temples facing each other both on crepidoma; above, two prize crowns, each containing a palm branch.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV Κ Λ ϹΕΠ ϹΕΥΗΡΟϹ Π
- Reverse legend
- ΑΚΤΙΑ ΠVΘΙΑ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕΙΑ ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/2526
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 2526
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. 182, nr. 518-519, pl. 29
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 238, nr. 12
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution