RPC VII.2, 587

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 587
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, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ Β ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition Περινθίων βʹ νεωκόρων
Translation of the Perinthians, twice neocorate
Reverse design Homonoia standing left, holding patera and cornucopia; at feet, flaming altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 13.99 g
Axis 1, 2
Reference Schönert, Perinthos
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Ankara: 20-10/7-93 Sammlungen Türkei 100
2 2     Freiburg: 11506
3 3     Henzen FPL 186, Feb. 2008, lot 531