Perinthos, Caracalla, unit (CN type 2609)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
197-217 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thraceunit in bronze struck at Perinthos in Thrace under Caracalla dated 197-217 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 2609. Obverse: Laureate head of youthful Caracalla, right. Reverse: Nude athlete standing right, crowning himself, holding palm branch in left hand.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- unit
- Recorded diameter
- 20–21 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 4.77 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Perinthos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Caracalla
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate head of youthful Caracalla, right.
- Reverse type
- Nude athlete standing right, crowning himself, holding palm branch in left hand.
- Obverse legend
- ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ Π ΑVΓΟVϹΤΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/2609
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 2609
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. 196-197, nr. 592-593
Research required
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