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cn coin 2991

Connected to Type

CN Type 2611 🔍

Mint
Perinthos 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

212-217 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_0599_R599 🔍
Legend
Legend reverse ΠЄΡΙ-Ν-ΘΙΩΝ // ΝЄΩΚΟΡΩ/Ν / i.f. ΑΚΤΙΑ ΠΥΘΙ/Α
Design
Two octastyle temples in perspective facing each other; both on crepidoma; above, two prize crowns, each containing a palm branch. Border of dots.
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Persons

Sitter: Caracalla 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
Medallion 🔍
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 41 mm / Min: 39 mm
Weight
37.61 g
Owner

Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Monnaies, médailles et antiques, Paris, fr ❐

Owner Inventory No.: 966

Provenience: Fonds général 1166

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin, [de] ❐

Plaster Cast No: 599?, Paris 966 Carac

Literature

Schönert, Die Münzprägung von Perinthos, Berlin 1965 p. 198, nr. 599 ❐

Schönert, Die Münzprägung von Perinthos, Berlin 1965 p. 198-199, nr. 599-601, pl. 35 ❐

Burrell, Neokoroi: Greek cities and Roman emperors, Leiden ; Boston 2004 p. 238, nr. 13 ❐

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cn coin 2991, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_2991 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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