Perinthos, Gallienus, 6 unit (CN type 3380)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
253-268 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace6 unit in bronze struck at Perinthos in Thrace under Gallienus dated 253-268 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 3380. Obverse: Laureate bust of Gallienus, left, wearing cuirass and paludamentum, holding spear and shield. Reverse: Labour of Heracles: Nude Heracles advancing left, holding club overhead, driving two cattle.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 6 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 32 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 21.76 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Perinthos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Gallienus
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Gallienus, left, wearing cuirass and paludamentum, holding spear and shield.
- Reverse type
- Labour of Heracles: Nude Heracles advancing left, holding club overhead, driving two cattle.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ ΓΑΛΛΗΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
- Reverse legend
- ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3380
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 3380
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. 265, nr. 900, pl. 56
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 82, nr. 601
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution