Perinthos, Elagabal, 3 unit (CN type 2971)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
218-222 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace3 unit in bronze struck at Perinthos in Thrace under Elagabal dated 218-222 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 2971. Obverse: Laureate head of Elagabalus, right. Reverse: Nude Dionysus standing left, holding cantharus and thyrsus; at his feet, left, panther.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 3 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 27–28 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 10.88 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Perinthos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Elagabal
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate head of Elagabalus, right.
- Reverse type
- Nude Dionysus standing left, holding cantharus and thyrsus; at his feet, left, panther.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑVΡΗΛΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ΑVΓ
- Reverse legend
- ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/2971
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 2971
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. 221-222, nr. 693; 702, pl. 43
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 53, nr. 363
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution