RPC VII.2, 561

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 561
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Perinthus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Αὔγουστος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordian Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front, with gorgoneion on cuirass
Reverse inscription ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ
Edition δὶς νεωκόρων Περίνθιων δὶς νεωκόρων Περίνθιων
Translation twice neocorate, of the Perinthians
Reverse design Demeter and Homonoia; to left, Demeter standing right, holding ears of corn and torch; at feet, cista mystica; to right, Homonoia, holding patera and cornucopia; at feet, altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 40 mm
Average weight 38.78 g
Axis 12
Reference Schönert, Perinthos 862
External URI(s) https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3302
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1948.19.569 Schönert, Perinthos 862/1