Perinthos, Geta, unit (CN type 2765)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
197-205 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thraceunit in bronze struck at Perinthos in Thrace under Geta dated 197-205 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 2765. Obverse: Bare-headed bust of youthful Geta, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Prize crown with one palm branch.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- unit
- Recorded diameter
- 18 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 2.78 g (mean of 3 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Perinthos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Geta
Design
- Obverse type
- Bare-headed bust of youthful Geta, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Prize crown with one palm branch.
- Obverse legend
- Λ ϹЄΠΤΙ ΓЄΤΑϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
- Reverse legend
- ΠЄΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ ΝЄΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/2765
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 2765
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. 207, nr. 636, pl. 37
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 48, nr. 319
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution