RPC VII.2, 634

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 634
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Perinthus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Alliance with Nicomedia
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, ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ, ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ
Edition Περινθίων δὶς νεωκόρων Νικομηδέων ὁμόνοια
Translation concord of twice-neocorate Perinthians (and) Nicomedians
Reverse design Demeter standing left, holding long torch, clasping hands with Homonoia standing right, holding cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 41 mm
Average weight 36.55 g
Axis 1
Reference Schönert, Perinthos 916; Franke & Nollé 1722–3
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: 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, 632/1–4, 635/1–3.
Note A cast of https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/323395 exists in V (GR 33828). Franke & Nollé 1723 is a coin in C (32.43 g), not seen or missed in C.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BNK,G.1160 BMC 1 = Franke & Nollé 1722 = Schönert, Perinthos 916/2
2 2     Mu Schönert, Perinthos 916/1
3 3     CNG 91, 19 Sept. 2012, lot 504 = CNG Triton XV, 3 Jan. 2012, lot 1380