RPC VII.2, 632

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 632
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Perinthus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Alliance with Cyzicus
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front, with gorgoneion on cuirass
Reverse inscription ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ, ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ, ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ
Reverse design Kore of Cyzicus standing right, holding ears of corn and long torch, facing Homonoia standing left, holding patera over altar and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 41 mm
Axis 2
Reference Schönert, Perinthos —; Franke & Nollé 1721
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4: same obv. die as 562/2, 4–6, 563/1–2, 565/1–3, 566/1, 568/1–7, 569/1–6, 572/1–5, 634/1–3, 635/1–3.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Bertolami 6, 10 Dec. 2012, lot 1144 = CNG Triton VIII, 11 Jan. 2005, lot 748 = CNG 49, 17 Mar. 1999, lot 932 = Rauch 62, 9 Oct. 1998, lot 255
2 2     CNG MBS 70, 21 Sept. 2005, lot 541 = CNG Triton VI, 14 Jan. 2003, lot 554
3 3     Lanz 92, 4 June 1999, lot 1000 = Finarte Casa D'Aste 995, 26 Nov. 1996, lot 1169 (C. Fontana coll.)
4 4     Markov Fernauktion 13, 24 Nov. 2004, lot 90