RPC VII.2, 569

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 569
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 standing right, drawing arrow from quiver at shoulder and holding bow; in background, three Stymphalian birds falling down
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 40 mm
Average weight 33.91 g
Axis 1, 2, 12
Reference Schönert, Perinthos 855
External URI(s) https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3295
Specimens 6 (5 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–6: same obv. die as 562/2, 4–6, 563/1–2, 565/1–3, 566/1, 568/1–7, 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     ✸ L: BNK,G.53 BMC 62A = Schönert, Perinthos 855/2
2 2     P: 1250 Schönert, Perinthos 855/4
3 3     B: 18239711, Löbb. Schönert, Perinthos 855/1
4 4     Mu Schönert, Perinthos 855/3
5 5     V: GR 17432
6 6     Kricheldorf 49, 20 Feb. 2017, lot 415