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cn coin 4178

Connected to Type

CN Type 3286 🔍

Mint
Perinthos 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

238-244 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Die
Per_0848_V_B 🔍
Legend
Legend obverse Μ Α{Ν}Τ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟᛈ
Design
Laureate bust of youthful Gordian III, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
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Reverse
Die
Per_0849_R849 🔍
Legend
Legend reverse ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ - Β . *ΝΕ*ΩΚΟΡ
Design
Nude athlete standing facing, head right, crowning himself with right hand, holding palm branch in left arm. Border of dots.
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Persons

Sitter: Gordian III. 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
20 mm
Weight
3.30 g
Owner

British Museum, Department of Coins and Medals, London, gb ❐

Please note that the current ownership is not confirmed.

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin, [de] ❐

Plaster Cast No: 849, London 91

Citation

Schönert, Die Münzprägung von Perinthos, Berlin 1965 p. 254, nr. 849.2, pl. 53, pic. 849/2  ❐

Literature

Schönert, Die Münzprägung von Perinthos, Berlin 1965 p. 255, nr. 849 ❐

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cn coin 4178, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_4178 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/23]

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