Perinthos, Elagabal, unit (CN type 2988)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
218-222 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thraceunit in bronze struck at Perinthos in Thrace under Elagabal dated 218-222 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 2988. Obverse: Laureate head of Elagabalus, right. Reverse: Homonoia standing left, holding patera and cornucopia; at her feet, altar.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- unit
- Recorded diameter
- 20 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 3.64 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
- Homonoia standing left, holding patera and cornucopia; at her feet, altar.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑVΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ΑVΓ
- Reverse legend
- ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/2988
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 2988
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. 223, nr. 704
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 56, nr. 401
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution