Perinthos, Elagabal, Medallion (CN type 3013)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
218-222 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceMedallion in bronze struck at Perinthos in Thrace under Elagabal dated 218-222 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 3013. Obverse: Laureate bust of Elagabalus, right, wearing cuirass; gorgoneion on breastplate and aegis over his left shoulder. Reverse: Turreted Tyche enthroned left, holding an octastyle temple in each opened hand.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- Medallion
- Recorded diameter
- 39.4–42.5 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 34.89 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, right, wearing cuirass; gorgoneion on breastplate and aegis over his left shoulder.
- Reverse type
- Turreted Tyche enthroned left, holding an octastyle temple in each opened hand.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑVΡ ϹΕVΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ΑVΓ
- Reverse legend
- ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3013
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 3013
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. 227, nr. 719
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 52, nr. 358
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution