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Perinthos 6259

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Photographer: Classical Numismatic Group

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Emperor
  • Gordian III
Date
  • 238 - 244 AD
Mint
  • Perinthos
Provinz
  • Thrace
Denomination
  • AE42
Obverse
  • Symbol Gordian III
  • Design Nude bearded Heracles advancing right, grasping with right hand the horns of the uprising Cretan Bull, strangling it with left arm, lion skin over head. Border of dots.
  • Legend ΠΕΡΙΝ-ΘΙΩΝ ΔΙᛈ ΝΕ-ΩΚΟΡ-ΩΝ
Reverse
  • Symbol Herakles, Hercules
  • Design Laureate bust of Gordian III, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum; gorgoneion on breastplate.
  • Legend ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟᛈ ΑVΓ
Literature
  • Varbanov
Reference
  • Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values III Band 3, Thrace (from Perinthus to Trajanopolis), 2007 p. 72, nr. 533 ❐ Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values III Band 3, Thrace (from Perinthus to Trajanopolis), 2007 p. 72, nr. 533 ❐ Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/236054
Diameter
  • 42
Weight
  • 35,85

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