Perinthos, Tranquillina, Double unit (CN type 3348)
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 3348. Obverse: Diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina, right. Reverse: Homonoia standing left, holding patera and cornucopia; at her feet, altar.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- Double unit
- Recorded diameter
- 22–27 mm (from 8 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 6.9 g (mean of 9 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
- Homonoia standing left, holding patera and cornucopia; at her feet, altar.
- Obverse legend
- ϹΑΒЄΙΝΙΑ ΤΡΑΝΚVΛΛЄΙΝΑ
- Reverse legend
- ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡ(Ω,ΩΝ)
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3348
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 3348
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. 263-264, nr. 885-887; 893, pl. 54-55
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 79, nr. 582
- external concordancehttps://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/48812
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution