Perinthos, Severus Alexander, unit (CN type 3127)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
222-235 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thraceunit in bronze struck at Perinthos in Thrace under Severus Alexander dated 222-235 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 3127. Obverse: Laureate bust of Severus Alexander, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Nude athlete standing right, crowning himself, holding palm branch in left hand.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- unit
- Recorded diameter
- 19–20 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 2.51 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Perinthos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Severus Alexander
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Severus Alexander, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Nude athlete standing right, crowning himself, holding palm branch in left hand.
- Obverse legend
- Μ ΑVΡ ϹΕV ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ Β ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3127
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 3127
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. 238, nr. 775, pl. 47
Research required
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