Perinthos, Severus Alexander, Medallion — Zeus enthroned (CN type 3144)
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
AD 222–235
Issuing entity
ThraceMedallion in bronze struck at Perinthos in Thrace under Severus Alexander, dated AD 222–235. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 3144 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).
Obverse: Laureate bust of Severus Alexander, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum; with aegis on left shoulder. Legend: ΑV Κ Μ ΑVΡ ϹΕV ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ. Reverse: Zeus enthroned, holding patera and sceptre; at his feet, eagle; to upper left, Helios in quadriga right, above, crescent; to upper right, Selene in biga of bulls left, above, star; below, reclining figure of Gaia right, holding cornucopia and branch, and of Thalassa reclining left, wearing a crab claws, holding ruder; at her feet, prora; all within zodiacus. Legend: ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙWΝ Β ΝΕWΚΟΡWΝ ΙWΝWΝ.
Measured specimens give a mean weight of 33.35 g (mean of 4 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 38.2–41 mm (from 4 recorded specimens). Recorded findspots: Köln.
Evidence at a glance
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- Catalogue references
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- Medallion
- Recorded diameter
- 38.2–41 mm (from 4 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 33.35 g (mean of 4 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; with aegis on left shoulder.
- Reverse type
- Zeus enthroned, holding patera and sceptre; at his feet, eagle; to upper left, Helios in quadriga right, above, crescent; to upper right, Selene in biga of bulls left, above, star; below, reclining figure of Gaia right, holding cornucopia and branch, and of Thalassa reclining left, wearing a crab claws, holding ruder; at her feet, prora ; all within zodiacus.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV Κ Μ ΑVΡ ϹΕV ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙWΝ Β ΝΕWΚΟΡWΝ ΙWΝWΝ
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.
- Recorded findspots
- Köln
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3144
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 3144
- Source note
- The corpus record cites no printed literature for this type; it rests on recorded specimens.
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Recorded
- Issue or mint date
- Recorded
- Material
- Recorded
- Weight
- Recorded
- Mint or printer
- Recorded
- Mint or printer mark
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- Catalogue reference
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- Recorded
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Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
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