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Perinthos, Elagabal, Medallion — Demeter and Homonoia (CN type 3019)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

AD 218–222

Issuing entity

Thrace

Medallion in bronze struck at Perinthos in Thrace under Elagabal, dated AD 218–222. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 3019 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Laureate bust of Elagabalus, right, wearing cuirass; gorgoneion on breastplate and aegis over his left shoulder. Legend: ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑVΡ ϹΕVΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ΑVΓ. Reverse: Demeter and Homonoia, clasping right hands; inbetween, altar; to left, Demeter standing right, left resting on torch; to right, Homonoia standing left, holding cornucopia in left arm. Legend: ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ. Measured specimens give a diameter of 41 mm (from 1 recorded specimen).

Published references cited by the corpus: Schönert, Die Münzprägung von Perinthos, Berlin 1965, p. 227, nr. 722, pl. 44.

Evidence at a glance

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Catalogue references
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Historical context

Perinthos, also known as Perinthus, was a flourishing city of ancient Thrace situated on the Propontis. Struck during the Roman Imperial Period, this civic medallion was issued under Elagabalus, who reigned as Roman emperor from 218 to 222 after being raised to the Principate at 14 years of age following an army revolt. Posthumously named after the sun god Elagabal, of whom he had served as head priest in Syria, his brief rule ended with his death in 222.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Denomination
Medallion
Recorded diameter
41 mm (from 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
Demeter and Homonoia, clasping right hands; inbetween, altar; to left, Demeter standing right, left resting on torch; to right, Homonoia standing left, holding cornucopia in left arm.
Obverse legend
ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑVΡ ϹΕVΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ΑVΓ
Reverse legend
ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ

Identification

Period
Roman Imperial Period
How to identify
Check the mint name or ethnic, the reverse type and the legend together, then compare weight and module; types from the same mint often differ only in legend arrangement, magistrate names or control marks.
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3019
Type corpus identifier
CN type 3019

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