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Perinthos, Septimius Severus, Medallion (CN type 2535)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

193-211 n. Chr.

Issuing entity

Thrace

Medallion in bronze struck at Perinthos in Thrace under Septimius Severus dated 193-211 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 2535. Obverse: Laureate bust of Septimius Severus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Labour of Heracles: Nude Heracles standing right, wearing lion skin, carrying Erymanthian Boar; in front, Eurystheus standing in pithos.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Denomination
Medallion
Recorded diameter
41–43 mm (from 3 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
36.67 g (mean of 3 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
Labour of Heracles: Nude Heracles standing right, wearing lion skin, carrying Erymanthian Boar; in front, Eurystheus standing in pithos.
Obverse legend
ΑV Κ Λ ϹЄΠΤΙ ϹЄVΗΡΟϹ ΠЄ
Reverse legend
ΦΙΛΑΔЄΛΦЄΙΑ ΠЄΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ ΝЄΩΚΟΡΩΝ

Identification

Period
Roman Imperial Period
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/2535
Type corpus identifier
CN type 2535

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