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cn coin 3993

Connected to Type

CN Type 4228 🔍

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Perinthos 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

222-235 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Die
Per_0784_V_D 🔍
Legend
Legend obverse ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑVΡ ᛈΕV · ΑΛΕ-ΞΑΝΔΡΟᛈ Α*VΓ*
Design
Laureate bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from front, wearing cuirass; with aegis on left shoulder; gorgoneion on breastplate.
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Reverse
Die
Per_0786_R786 🔍
Legend
Legend reverse ΠΕ-ΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ - ΔΙᛈ / i.f.u. ΝΕΩ//ΚΟΡΩΝ
Design
Emperor (Severus Alexander) in military attire riding right on horseback, covered with panther fur, wearing cuirass, fluttering paludamentum and boots, aiming downwards transverse spear in lowered right hand towards a captive in front of him seated left with Phrygian cap and bound arms behind back.
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Persons

Sitter: Severus Alexander 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
Medallion 🔍
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
40 mm
Owner

Budapesti Történeti Múzeum, Budapest, hu ❐

Please note that the current ownership is not confirmed.

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin, [de] ❐

Plaster Cast No: 786, Budapest 26

Citation

Schönert, Die Münzprägung von Perinthos, Berlin 1965 p. 242, nr. 786, pl. 49, pic. 786  ❐

Barkoczi and Kerenyi, Bronze medaillons of Thracian issue from Brigetio 10, 1958 p. 79, nr. 8, pl. 13, pic. 3  ❐

Literature

Schönert, Die Münzprägung von Perinthos, Berlin 1965 p. 242, nr. 786, pl. 49 ❐

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cn coin 3993, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_3993 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/19]

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