Perinthos, Tranquillina, Double unit (CN type 3341)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
241-244 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceDouble unit in bronze struck at Perinthos in Thrace under Tranquillina dated 241-244 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 3341. Obverse: Diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina, right. Reverse: Demeter standing left, holding ears of corn and torch.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- Double unit
- Recorded diameter
- 23–27 mm (from 7 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 7.13 g (mean of 5 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Perinthos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Tranquillina
Design
- Obverse type
- Diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina, right.
- Reverse type
- Demeter standing left, holding ears of corn and torch.
- Obverse legend
- ϹΑΒΕΙΝΙΑ ΤΡΑΝΚVΛΛΕΙΝΑ
- Reverse legend
- ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟ(Ρ)
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Recorded findspots
- Izmit
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3341
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 3341
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. 261; 264, nr. 872-874; 891-892, pl. 55
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 78, nr. 565
- external concordancehttps://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/48807
Research required
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