Perinthos, Caracalla, 3 unit (CN type 2570)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
195-197 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace3 unit in bronze struck at Perinthos in Thrace under Caracalla dated 195-197 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 2570. Obverse: Bare-headed bust of youthful Caracalla, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Poseidon enthroned left, holding fish and trident.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 3 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 25–27 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Perinthos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Caracalla
Design
- Obverse type
- Bare-headed bust of youthful Caracalla, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Poseidon enthroned left, holding fish and trident.
- Obverse legend
- Μ ΑVΡΗΛ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ΚΑΙ
- Reverse legend
- ΠЄΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ ΝЄΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/2570
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 2570
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Documented
- Issue or mint date
- Documented
- Material
- Documented
- Weight
- Research required
- Mint or printer
- Documented
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Documented
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 189, nr. 552, pl. 31
Research required
- Weight not recorded in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution