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cn coin 2708

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CN Type 2507 🔍

Mint
Perinthos 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

193-211 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Die
Per_0491_V_G 🔍
Legend
Legend obverse ΑV Κ ⠁ Λ ⠁ ϹЄΠ - ϹЄVΗΡΟϹ Π
Design
Laureate head of Septimius Severus, right.
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Reverse
Die
Per_0492_R492 🔍
Legend
Legend reverse ΠЄΡΙΝΘΙ-Ω-Ν - ΝЄΩΚΟΡ//ΩΝ
Design
Emperor (Septimius Severus) in military attire standing facing, head left, wearing helmet, cuirass and boots, holding spear in right hand, resting left hand on shield placed on ground; between two standards. Ground line. Border of dots.
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Persons

Sitter: Septimius Severus 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
4 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 31 mm / Min: 30 mm
Weight
14.45 g
Owner

British Museum, Department of Coins and Medals, London, gb ❐

Please note that the current ownership is not confirmed.

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin, [de] ❐

Plaster Cast No: 492, London 35

Citation

Schönert, Die Münzprägung von Perinthos, Berlin 1965 p. 178, nr. 492, pl. 28, pic. 492  ❐

Poole, BMC. Catalogue of Greek coins: the Tauric Chersonese, Sarmatia, Dacia, Moesia, Thrace, &c., Bologna 1979 p. 151, nr. 29  ❐

Mionnet, S.T.2.Description de médailles antiques, grecques et romaines, avec leur degré de rareté et leur estimation: ouvrage servant de catalogue à une suite de vingt mille empreintes en soufre prises sur les pièces originales, 1822 p. 411, nr. 1244  ❐

Haym, Thesavri Britannici Sev Mvsevm Nvmarivm: Qvo Continentvr Nvmi Graeci Et Latini, Omnis Metalli Et Formae, Necdvm Editi, ab autore ipso cælati 2 2, Wien 1763 p. 312, pl. 38, pic. 11  ❐

Literature

Schönert, Die Münzprägung von Perinthos, Berlin 1965 p. 178, nr. 492, pl. 28 ❐

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values III Band 3, Thrace (from Perinthus to Trajanopolis), 2007 p. 30, nr. 181 ❐

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cn coin 2708, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_2708 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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