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Perinthos, Caracalla, Medallion (CN type 2626)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

212-217 n. Chr.

Issuing entity

Thrace

Medallion in bronze struck at Perinthos in Thrace under Caracalla dated 212-217 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 2626. Obverse: Laureate bust of Caracalla, right, wearing cuirass, aegis and spear over left shoulder; on breastplate gorgoneion. Reverse: Demeter and Homonoia; inbetween, altar; to left, Demeter standing right, holding ears of corn in right hand and a rtorch in her left hand, at her feet, cista mystica; to right, Homonoia standing left, wearing kalathos, holding patera and cornucopia.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Denomination
Medallion
Recorded diameter
37–42 mm (from 5 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
33.52 g (mean of 3 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
Demeter and Homonoia; inbetween, altar; to left, Demeter standing right, holding ears of corn in right hand and a rtorch in her left hand, at her feet, cista mystica; to right, Homonoia standing left, wearing kalathos, holding patera and cornucopia.
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/2626
Type corpus identifier
CN type 2626

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