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cn type 2437

Mint
Perinthos 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

139-161 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
Μ ΑVΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΟVΗΡΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Design
Bare-headed bust of youthful Marcus Aurelius, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
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Reverse
Legend
ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ
Design
Nude Hermes seated left on rock, holding caduceus in right hand, left resting on rock.
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Persons

Sitter: Marc Aurel 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
3 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 27 mm / Min: 25 mm
Average Weight
9.29 g (4x)
Axes
7 (1x)
Citation

Schönert, Die Münzprägung von Perinthos, Berlin 1965 p. 163, nr. 420-421, pl. 23  ❐

Heuchert, RPC IV: Roman Provincial Coinage. Vol. IV: From Antoninus Pius to Commodus (AD 138–192). online (temporary), http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/ nr. 8659, annot. temporary  ❐

Literature

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/8659 ❐

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/8660 ❐

editions

cn.perinthus.1_ed.186  🔍

Cite this record:

cn type 2437, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/2437 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/21]

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