Perinthos, Pupienus, Medallion (CN type 3158)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
238 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceMedallion in bronze struck at Perinthos in Thrace under Pupienus dated 238 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 3158. Obverse: Laureate bust of Pupienus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Group of gods: Serapis, Zeus and Hera; in the middle, Serapis standing left, wearing kalathos, holding patera and cornucopia; to left, nude Zeus standing left, holding patera and sceptre; to right, draped and veiled Hera standing left.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- Medallion
- Recorded diameter
- 37.3 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 29.72 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Perinthos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Pupienus
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Pupienus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Group of gods: Serapis, Zeus and Hera; in the middle, Serapis standing left, wearing kalathos, holding patera and cornucopia; to left, nude Zeus standing left, holding patera and sceptre; to right, draped and veiled Hera standing left.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΚΛWΔ ΠΟVΠΙΗΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ Π Π
- Reverse legend
- ΠЄΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ ΝЄΟΚΟΡΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3158
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 3158
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 bibliography
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 67, nr. 491
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution