Perinthos, Geta, 3 unit (CN type 3420)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
209-211 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace3 unit in bronze struck at Perinthos in Thrace under Geta dated 209-211 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 3420. Obverse: Laureate bust of bearded Geta, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Artemis (Tauropolos) advancing right, holding a torch in each hand.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 3 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 28 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 10.84 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Perinthos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Geta
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of bearded Geta, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Artemis (Tauropolos) advancing right, holding a torch in each hand.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV Π ϹΕΠ ΓΕΤΑϹ ϹΕ
- Reverse legend
- ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3420
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 3420
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. 211, nr. 656, pl. 39
Research required
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