Perinthos, Caracalla, Medallion (CN type 2615)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
212-217 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceMedallion in bronze struck at Perinthos in Thrace under Caracalla dated 212-217 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 2615. Obverse: Laureate bust of Caracalla, right, wearing cuirass, aegis and spear over left shoulder; on breastplate gorgoneion. Reverse: Group of gods: Serapis, Zeus and Hera; in the middle, Serapis standing left, wearing kalathos, holding patera and cornucopia; to left, nude Zeus standing left, holding patera and sceptre; to right, draped and veiled Hera standing left.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- Medallion
- Recorded diameter
- 39–41.1 mm (from 3 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 32.64 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Perinthos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Caracalla
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Caracalla, right, wearing cuirass, aegis and spear over left shoulder; on breastplate gorgoneion.
- Reverse type
- Group of gods: Serapis, Zeus and Hera; in the middle, Serapis standing left, wearing kalathos, holding patera and cornucopia; to left, nude Zeus standing left, holding patera and sceptre; to right, draped and veiled Hera standing left.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑVΡ ϹЄΟVΗΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ΑVΓ
- Reverse legend
- ΠЄΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ ΝЄΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/2615
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 2615
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. 200, nr. 606, pl. 35
Research required
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