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cn coin 5915

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CN Type 3196 🔍

Mint
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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Persons

Sitter: Gordian III. 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
6 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
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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