Perinthos, Caracalla, 5 unit (CN type 2597)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
212-217 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace5 unit in bronze struck at Perinthos in Thrace under Caracalla dated 212-217 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 2597. Obverse: Laureate bust of bearded Caracalla, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Emperor (Caracalla) as a priest standing left, holding patera and sceptre; at his feet, altar.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 5 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 27.9–32 mm (from 3 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 16.57 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Perinthos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Caracalla
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of bearded Caracalla, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Emperor (Caracalla) as a priest standing left, holding patera and sceptre; at his feet, altar.
- 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/2597
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 2597
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. 195, nr. 583-584, pl. 33
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution