Perinthos, Severus Alexander, 6 unit (CN type 3067)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
222-235 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace6 unit in bronze struck at Perinthos in Thrace under Severus Alexander dated 222-235 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 3067. Obverse: Radiate bust of Severus Alexander, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Galley sailing right; on board, rowers and helmsman in front of standards.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 6 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 32.1–38 mm (from 5 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 21.95 g (mean of 5 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Perinthos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Severus Alexander
Design
- Obverse type
- Radiate bust of Severus Alexander, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Galley sailing right; on board, rowers and helmsman in front of standards.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV Κ Μ ΑVΡ ϹΕV ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΑV
- Reverse legend
- ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙWΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕWΚΟΡWΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3067
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 3067
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. 232, nr. 739, pl. 45
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 63, nr. 463
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution