Perinthos, Elagabal, 4 unit (CN type 2900)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
218-222 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace4 unit in bronze struck at Perinthos in Thrace under Elagabal dated 218-222 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 2900. Obverse: Laureate bust of Elagabalus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Athena standing left, holding patera and spear; behind her, shield.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 4 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 28–32 mm (from 3 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 14.12 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Perinthos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Elagabal
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Elagabalus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Athena standing left, holding patera and spear; behind her, shield.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑVΡΗ ϹΕV ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ΑVΓ
- Reverse legend
- ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/2900
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 2900
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. 220, nr. 686, pl. 41-42
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 52, nr. 346
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution