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cn coin 4160

Connected to Type

CN Type 3274 🔍

Mint
Perinthos 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

238-244 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Die
Per_0836_V_G 🔍
Legend
Legend obverse Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔ-ΙΑΝΟϹ ΑVΓ
Design
Laureate head of Gordian III, right.
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Reverse
Die
Per_0842_R842 🔍
Legend
Legend reverse ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ - Β ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Design
Nude athlete standing facing, head left, hair bound, right foot advanced, holding draw lot in right hand, placing left hand into a prize urn to right. Border of dots.
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Persons

Sitter: Gordian III. 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
3 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 27 mm / Min: 24 mm
Weight
8.65 g
Owner

Nacionalen Arheologičeski Institut s Muzej, Sofia, bg ❐

Please note that the current ownership is not confirmed.

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin, [de] ❐

Plaster Cast No: 842, Sophia

Citation

Schönert, Die Münzprägung von Perinthos, Berlin 1965 p. 254, nr. 842, pl. 52, pic. 842  ❐

Mušmov, Antičnitě Moneti na Balkanskija poluostrov i monetitě na bŭlgarskitě care, Sofija 1912 nr. 4674, pl. 28, pic. 7  ❐

Literature

Schönert, Die Münzprägung von Perinthos, Berlin 1965 p. 254, nr. 842, pl. 52 ❐

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values III Band 3, Thrace (from Perinthus to Trajanopolis), 2007 p. 69, nr. 517 ❐

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/235869 ❐

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cn coin 4160, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_4160 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/24]

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