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Perinthos 13177

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Emperor
  • Gordian III
Date
  • 238 - 244 AD
Mint
  • Perinthos
Provinz
  • Thrace
Denomination
  • AE39
Obverse
  • Symbol Gordian III
  • Design Nude bearded Heracles standing left, lion skin draped over back, pushing the already lying Cerynean hind with his right knee at its back and grasping it by the antlers; in exergue, club, left.
  • Legend ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ ΔΙ-ᛈ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Reverse
  • Symbol Herakles, Hercules
  • Design Laureate bust of Gordian III, right, wearing cuirass, seen from front, slight drapery over left shoulder; gorgoneion on breastplate.
  • Legend · ΑVΤ · Κ · Μ ⠁ ΑΝΤ . ΓΟ-ΡΔΙΑΝΟᛈ ⠁ ΑVΓ
Literature
  • Schönert-Geiss
  • Varbanov
Reference
  • Schönert, Die Münzprägung von Perinthos, Berlin 1965 p. 256, nr. 854, pl. 53 ❐ Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values III Band 3, Thrace (from Perinthus to Trajanopolis), 2007 p. 73, nr. 534 ❐ Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/235752
Diameter
  • 39
Weight
  • 37,92

Projekt finansowany przez Ministerstwo Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego w ramach programu NAUKA DLA SPOŁECZEŃSTWA,
nr projektu: NdS/549035/2022/2022.