Perinthos, Caracalla, 6 unit (CN type 2585)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
212-217 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace6 unit in bronze struck at Perinthos in Thrace under Caracalla dated 212-217 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 2585. Obverse: Laureate head of bearded Caracalla, right. Reverse: Dionysus and Maenad in biga galloping right.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 6 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 35.5–37 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 25.97 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Perinthos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Caracalla
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate head of bearded Caracalla, right.
- Reverse type
- Dionysus and Maenad in biga galloping right.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑVΡ ϹЄΟVΗΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ΑVΓ
- Reverse legend
- ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/2585
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 2585
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. 192, nr. 568, pl. 32
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 40, nr. 258
Research required
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