Perinthos, Gallienus, 5 unit (CN type 3381)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
253-268 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace5 unit in bronze struck at Perinthos in Thrace under Gallienus dated 253-268 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 3381. Obverse: Laureate bust of Gallienus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Heracles advancing left, brandishing club in raised left hand.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 5 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 36 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 29.6 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, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Heracles advancing left, brandishing club in raised left hand.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
- Reverse legend
- ΠЄΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝЄΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3381
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 3381
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
- Research required
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution