cn coin 54056

Forgery

technique: cast

Is in the counterfeit collection of the Berlin Münzkabinett.

Connected to types 3144 🔍

side: both
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Mint

Perinthos 🔍

Region: Thrace

Typology

Date

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse

Legend

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

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

bronze 🔍

Diameter

39.8 mm

Weight

30.13 g

Axis