cn coin 2974
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cn coin 2974

Connected to Type

CN Type 2620 🔍

Mint
Perinthos 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

197-217 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Die
Per_0595_V_B 🔍
Legend
Legend obverse · ΑVΤ · Κ · Μ · ΑVΡ . ϹЄΟV*ΗΡ* · - Α*ΝΤ*ΩΝΙΝΟϹ ΑVΓ
Design
Laureate bust of Caracalla, right, wearing cuirass, aegis and spear over left shoulder; on breastplate gorgoneion.
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Reverse
Die
Per_0609_R609 🔍
Legend
Legend reverse ΠЄΡΙ-ΝΘΙ-ΩΝ ΝЄ//ΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Design
Emperor (Caracalla) receiving the apples of the Hesperides from Heracles; to left, bearded emperor (Caracalla) in military attire standing facing, head right, wearing cuirass and boots, resting right arm on long sceptre; to right, nude Herakles, standing left, holding the apples of the Hesperides in right hand, resting left arm on club; inbetween, lighted and garlanded altar. Ground line. Border of dots.
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Persons

Sitter: Caracalla 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
Medallion 🔍
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
41 mm
Weight
38.49 g
Owner

Nacionalen Arheologičeski Institut s Muzej, Sofia, bg ❐

Please note that the current ownership is not confirmed.

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin, [de] ❐

Plaster Cast No: 609, Sofia Perinth Carac.

Citation

Schönert, Die Münzprägung von Perinthos, Berlin 1965 p. 201, nr. 609.6, pl. 36, pic. 609/6  ❐

Mušmov, Antičnitě Moneti na Balkanskija poluostrov i monetitě na bŭlgarskitě care, Sofija 1912 nr. 4547, pl. 27, pic. 1  ❐

Literature

Schönert, Die Münzprägung von Perinthos, Berlin 1965 p. 200-201, nr. 609, pl. 36 ❐

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values III Band 3, Thrace (from Perinthus to Trajanopolis), 2007 p. 39, nr. 251 ❐

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cn coin 2974, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_2974 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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