cn coin 13199

Forgery

Identified as a forgery in the Paris collection

Connected to types 3144 🔍

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Mint
Perinthos 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

222-235 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
Legend obverse ΑV Κ Μ ΑVΡ ᛈΕV - ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟᛈ
Design
Laureate bust of Severus Alexander, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum; with aegis on left shoulder.
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Reverse
Legend
Legend reverse ΠΕΡΙΝ-ΘΙ*WΝ* / Β ΝΕ-WΚΟ/ΡWΝ - Ι*WΝWΝ*
Design
Zeus within zodiac; in the middle, Zeus seated facing, holding patera in outstretched right hand, left resting on sceptre; at his feet, eagle to left, head right, with half spread wings; to upper left, Helios standing in quadriga, right, raising right arm; above, crescent; to upper right, Selene standing in biga towed by two bulls, left, holding torch in raised right hand; above, star; below, reclining figures of Gaia to right, holding cornucopia in right arm and a branch in left hand, and of Thalassa to left, wearing crab claws as headdress, holding ruder in left arm; prora at her feet; all within a double circle divided into twelve compartments containing the signs of the zodiac.
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Persons

Sitter: Severus Alexander 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
Medallion 🔍
Material
Weight
30.44 g
Owner

Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Monnaies, médailles et antiques, Paris, fr

Owner Inventory No.: AA.GR.15389

Provenience: Fonds général

Literature

Schönert, Die Münzprägung von Perinthos, Berlin 1965 p. 243, nr. 789

Cite this record:

cn coin 13199, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_13199 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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