Perinthos, Geta, 3 unit (CN type 2650)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
197-209 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace3 unit in bronze struck at Perinthos in Thrace under Geta dated 197-209 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 2650. Obverse: Cuirassed bust of youthful Geta, right, gorgoneion on breastplate. Reverse: Dionysus standing left, holding patera and thyrsus; at his feet, left, panther.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 3 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 26–27 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 9.66 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Perinthos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Geta
Design
- Obverse type
- Cuirassed bust of youthful Geta, right, gorgoneion on breastplate.
- Reverse type
- Dionysus standing left, holding patera and thyrsus; at his feet, left, panther.
- Obverse legend
- Π ϹΕΠ ΓΕΤΑϹ ΚΑΙϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡWΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/2650
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 2650
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. 206, nr. 631
Research required
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