RPC VII.2, 572

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 572
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 Zeus seated left, holding patera and sceptre; at his feet, eagle; all within zodiac circle
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 40 mm
Axis 1, 2
Reference Schönert, Perinthos 859
External URI(s) https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3299
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–5: same obv. die as 562/2, 4–6, 563/1–2, 565/1–3, 566/1, 568/1–7, 569/1–6, 632/1–4, 634/1–3, 635/1–3.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1999.80.4 Finarte Casa D'Aste 995, 26 Nov. 1996, lot 1165 (C. Fontana coll.)
2 2     Brussels Schönert, Perinthos 859/1
3 3     Istanbul: 482 cast in BBAW = Schönert, Perinthos 859/2
4 4     Auktion der antiken Münzen 2, Slovenija Ljubljana, 3 Oct. 1994, lot 304
5 5     CNG 93, 22 May 2013, lot 753 = CNG EA 99, 13 Oct. 2004, lot 66
6 6     CNG EA 531, 25 Jan. 2023, lot 513