Perinthos, Geta, 6 unit (CN type 2648)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
197-209 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace6 unit in bronze struck at Perinthos in Thrace under Geta dated 197-209 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 2648. Obverse: Confronted busts of youthful Caracalla, laureate, wearing cuirass and paludamentum, and of youthful Geta, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Agonistic table, surmounted by two prize crowns and two palm branches inbetween; below, apples and amphora.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 6 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 34–38 mm (from 6 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 20.32 g (mean of 7 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Perinthos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Geta
Design
- Obverse type
- Confronted busts of youthful Caracalla, laureate, wearing cuirass and paludamentum, and of youthful Geta, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Agonistic table, surmounted by two prize crowns and two palm branches inbetween; below, apples and amphora.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV(Τ) Κ(Α) Μ ΑV ΑΝΤWΝΕΙΝΟϹ ΚΑΙ Π ϹΕΠ ΓΕΤΑϹ ΚΑΙ(ϹΑΡ)
- Reverse legend
- ΑΚΤΙΑ ΠVΘΙΑ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕΙΑ ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/2648
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 2648
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. 205, nr. 627-630, pl. 37
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 239, nr. 15
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution