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Perinthos, Elagabal, Medallion (CN type 2998)

DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.

Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

218-222 n. Chr.

Issuing entity

Thrace

Medallion in bronze struck at Perinthos in Thrace under Elagabal dated 218-222 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 2998. Obverse: Laureate bust of Elagabalus, left, wearing cuirass and paludamentum, holding spear and shield. Reverse: Labour of Heracles: Nude Heracles advancing left, holding bow in left hand, drawing arrow with right hand from quiver at shoulder; to right, three Stymphalian birds falling down.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Denomination
Medallion
Recorded diameter
39 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
36.36 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Perinthos
Region
Thrace
Authority type
City
Issuing authority
Elagabal

Design

Obverse type
Laureate bust of Elagabalus, left, wearing cuirass and paludamentum, holding spear and shield.
Reverse type
Labour of Heracles: Nude Heracles advancing left, holding bow in left hand, drawing arrow with right hand from quiver at shoulder; to right, three Stymphalian birds falling down.
Obverse legend
ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑVΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Reverse legend
ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ

Identification

Period
Roman Imperial Period
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/2998
Type corpus identifier
CN type 2998

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