RPC VII.2, 582

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 582
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Perinthus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΝΤΩ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓΟ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντω(νίος) Γορδιανὸς Αὔγο(υστος)
Translation Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ, ΑΚΤΙΑ ΠΥΘΙΑ
Edition Περινθίων δὶς νεωκόρων Ἄκτια Πύθια
Translation of the Perinthians, twice neocorate, Actian Pythian (games)
Reverse design table seen in perspective from right, surmounted by two agonistic crowns with one palm branch each; below, apples and amphora
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 20.59 g
Axis 1, 6
Reference Schönert, Perinthos 807–8
External URI(s) https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3203
Specimens 9 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1245
2 2     ✸ Edirne: Y-98 Sammlungen Türkei 278
3 3     Istanbul: 200/3 Schönert, Perinthos 808/1 = cast in BBAW
4 4     Plovdiv: Tacchella Schönert, Perinthos 807/1 = cast in BBAW
5 5     Tekirdağ: Y-182 Sammlungen Türkei 727
6 6     Kölner Münzkabinett 80, 5 Nov. 2003, lot 358 = Hirsch 34, Feb. 1963, lot 1463
7 7     Vat Serafini 1937, p. 427, no. 63, pl. 56.8. It was found in the San Panfilo catacomb in Rome, used as an ornament, fixed in the mortar of a loculus.
8 8     C. Rhodes coll. = Biga Numismatics 20, 10 June 2023, lot 421
9 9     B. Michaux coll. = Savoca 202, 23 Mar. 2024, lot 153