Perinthos, bronze (CN type 894)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 357-338 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceCoin type in bronze struck at Perinthos in Thrace dated ca. 357-338 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 894. Obverse: Head of Demeter, left, wearing corn wreath. Reverse: Two conjoined foreparts of prancing horses.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 16 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 2.6 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Perinthos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Head of Demeter, left, wearing corn wreath.
- Reverse type
- Two conjoined foreparts of prancing horses.
- Reverse legend
- ΠΕΡΙΝ
Identification
- Period
- Classical Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/894
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 894
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- 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. 92, nr. 8, pl. 1
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution