Perinthos, Perinthus: pseudo-autonomous group 3.5 (CN type 3842)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 138-192 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThracePerinthus: pseudo-autonomous group 3.5 in bronze struck at Perinthos in Thrace dated ca. 138-192 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 3842. Obverse: Veiled bust of Demeter, right. Reverse: Cista mystica with half-open lid, out of which serpent creeps left.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- Perinthus: pseudo-autonomous group 3.5
- Recorded diameter
- 17–19 mm (from 4 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 3.17 g (mean of 5 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Perinthos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City (pseudo-autonomous)
Design
- Obverse type
- Veiled bust of Demeter, right.
- Reverse type
- Cista mystica with half-open lid, out of which serpent creeps left.
- Reverse legend
- ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3842
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 3842
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. 118-119, nr. 180-181
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 3894, annot. http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/3894/; http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/8674/
- external concordanceRPC IV.1, 3894
- external concordanceRPC IV.1, 8674.
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution