RPC VII.2, 568

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 568
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Perinthus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
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
Reverse design Heracles standing right, holding club and lion skin; in front, apple tree of the Hesperides entwined by serpent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 41 mm
Axis 1, 2, 12
Reference Schönert, Perinthos 858
External URI(s) https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3298
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–7: same obv. die as 562/2, 4–6, 563/1–2, 565/1–3, 566/1, 569/1–6, 572/1–5, 632/1–4, 634/1–3, 635/1–3.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1845,1217.4 BMC 62 = Schönert, Perinthos 858/1
2 2     P: 1252 Schönert, Perinthos 858/2
3 3     Plovdiv: 881 cast in BBAW = Schönert, Perinthos 858/3
4 4     Sofia Schönert, Perinthos 858/4
5 5     CNG Triton XX, 10 Jan. 2017, lot 445 = CNG Triton XI, 8 Jan. 2008, lot 442 = Gorny & Mosch 121, 10 Mar. 2003, lot 308
6 6     Waddell New York 1, 1982, lot 40
7 7     ✸ CNG 123, 23 May 2023, lot 381