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cn coin 5915

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CN Type 3196 🔍

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Perinthos 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

238-244 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Die
Per_0800_V_B 🔍
Legend
Legend obverse ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ - Γ-Ο-ΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑVΓ
Design
Radiate bust of Gordian III, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Border of dots.
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Reverse
Die
Per_0802_R802 🔍
Legend
Legend reverse Π-Ε-ΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ · Β · ΝΕ//ΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Design
Dionysus and standing in galloping biga, right, wearing fluttering cloak, holding the reins in both hands; behind him Maenad standing right, holding an expanded veil in both hands.
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Sitter: Gordian III. 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
Material
Diameter
34.3 mm
Weight
21.23 g
Axis
1
Owner

Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Münzkabinett, Wien, at

Owner Inventory No.: GR 8957

Provenience: 1821, Sammlung Tiepolo

Citation

Schönert, Die Münzprägung von Perinthos, Berlin 1965 p. 246, nr. 802 

Tiepolo and Theupolus, Musei Theupoli Antiqua Numismata, Venetiis 1736 p. 808, nr. 1051 

Literature

Schönert, Die Münzprägung von Perinthos, Berlin 1965 p. 246-247, nr. 802-803, pl. 49

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values III Band 3, Thrace (from Perinthus to Trajanopolis), 2007 p. 68, nr. 497-498

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/235772

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cn coin 5915, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_5915 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/24]

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