RPC VII.2, 571

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 571
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 ΙΩΝΩΝ Β ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ, ΑΚΤΙΑ, ΠΥΘΙΑ
Edition Περινθίων Ἰώνων βʹ νεωκόρων Ἀκτία Πύθια
Translation of the Ionian Perinthians, twice neocorate, Actia Pythia
Reverse design Tyche standing left, holding temple in each hand; to left, agonistic crown with purse; to right, agonistic crown with apples
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 41 mm
Average weight 38.01 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Schönert, Perinthos 861
External URI(s) https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3301
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1255
2 2     B: 18239710, 1900/869 Schönert, Perinthos 861/1
3 3     ✸ C: Leake SNG 1758 = Schönert, Perinthos 861/2
4 4     Milan rev. cast in BBAW = Schönert, Perinthos 861/3
5 5     CNG 91, 19 Sept. 2012, lot 503 = Gemini I, 11 Jan. 2005, lot 422