Perinthos, Caracalla, 3 unit (CN type 2579)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
197-217 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace3 unit in bronze struck at Perinthos in Thrace under Caracalla dated 197-217 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 2579. Obverse: Laureate bust of youthful Caracalla, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Zeus enthroned left, holding patera and sceptre.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 3 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 24–27 mm (from 8 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 8.62 g (mean of 9 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Perinthos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Caracalla
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of youthful Caracalla, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Zeus enthroned left, holding patera and sceptre.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV Κ Μ ΑVΡ ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ ΝΕ(Ω,Ο)ΚΟΡΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/2579
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 2579
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. 190, nr. 553-557, pl. 32
Research required
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