RPC VII.2, 563

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 563
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Perinthus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition 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 ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition Περινθίων δὶς νεωκόρων
Translation of the Perinthians, twice neocorate
Reverse design Heracles and Hippolyte; to left, Heracles, advancing right, holding club and raising left arm; to right Hippolyte, riding right on horseback, holding double axe
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 42 mm
Average weight 30.79 g
Axis 1
Reference Schönert, Perinthos 856 and 856a
External URI(s) https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3296
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same obv. die as 562/2, 4–6, 565/1–3, 566/1, 568/1–7, 569/1–6, 572/1–5, 632/1–4, 634/1–3, 635/1–3.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 18226134, Löbb. Schönert, Perinthos 856/1
2 2     Bucharest: 1087 cast in BBAW = Schönert, Perinthos 856a/1