Perinthos
CN_3113

Connected to Type

cn.Perinthos.3133

Mint

Perinthos

Date

222-235 AD

Period

Roman Imperial Period

Denomination

Medallion

Standard

Legend

Obverse

ΑV Κ Μ ΑVΡ [ΕVΗ - ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟ[ ΑVΓ

Reverse

ΠΕΡΙ-ΝΘΙWΝ - Β ΝΕWΚΟΡWΝ / i.f.o. ΙW-ΝWΝ

Design

Obverse

Laureate bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from front, wearing cuirass and paludamentum; with aegis on left shoulder, gorgoneion on breastplate. Border of dots.

Reverse

Ariadne and Dionysus; in the front, Ariadne lying left on rock, sleeping with arms behind her head, wearing double chiton, seen from front; at her feet, dog lying left, head right; in the middle, Dionysus standing facing, wearing ivy wreath and nebris over shoulder, holding thyrsus in right hand; left hand over the shoulder of a Silenus, standing facing, pointing at Ariadne with right hand; to right, a second Silenus standing facing, extending hands; to left, horned Pan with goat-legs, bouncing, holding a pedum in left hand,right hand on the shoulder of a silen, standing right, resting both hands on a stock. Border of dots.

Coinage

Type

city

Persons

Sitter

Severus Alexander

Die

Obverse:

Per_0779_V_B

Reverse:

Per_0778_R778

Combination

Material

Bronze

Diameter Max

41 mm

Diameter Min

41 mm

Weight

28.60 g

Axis

2

Owner

Münzkabinett Berlin, Berlin, DE

Owner Inventory No.

18200746

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin, DE

Plaster Cast No

779, Löbb Perinthus

Citation

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Perinthos(no. 779.1, p. 249, pl. 48, pic. 779/1)Imhoof-Blumer, Nymphen und Chariten auf griechischen Münzen(no. 424, p. 148, pl. 9, pic. 18)Bernhart, Dionysos und seine Familie auf griechischen Münzen: numismatischer Beitrag zur Ikonographie des Dionysos(no. 978, p. 125, pl. 6, pic. 18)

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Perinthos CN_3113, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_3113 [Last downloaded: 2020/07/15]

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