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Perinthos, Geta, Medallion (CN type 2833)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

209-211 n. Chr.

Issuing entity

Thrace

Medallion in bronze struck at Perinthos in Thrace under Geta dated 209-211 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 2833. Obverse: Laureate bust of bearded Geta, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Labour of Heracles: Nude Heracles standing left, wearing lion skin, holding club overhead, grasping girdle of Amazon Hippolyte; in left field, forepart of horse.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Denomination
Medallion
Recorded diameter
38–42 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
40.47 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Perinthos
Region
Thrace
Authority type
City
Issuing authority
Geta

Design

Obverse type
Laureate bust of bearded Geta, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
Reverse type
Labour of Heracles: Nude Heracles standing left, wearing lion skin, holding club overhead, grasping girdle of Amazon Hippolyte; in left field, forepart of horse.
Obverse legend
ΑVΤΚΡΑ Π ϹЄΠ ΓЄΤΑϹ ϹЄΒ
Reverse legend
ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕΙΑ ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ

Identification

Period
Roman Imperial Period
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/2833
Type corpus identifier
CN type 2833

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