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cn type 3294

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Perinthos 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

238-244 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑVΓ
Design
Laureate bust of Gordian III, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum; gorgoneion on breastplate.
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Reverse
Legend
ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Design
Labour of Heracles: Nude Heracles standing left, pushing down Cerynean hind; in exergue, club.
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Persons

Sitter: Gordian III. 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
Medallion 🔍
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
39 mm (2x)
Average Weight
35.57 g (2x)
Axes
2 (1x)
Citation

Schönert, Die Münzprägung von Perinthos, Berlin 1965 p. 256, nr. 854, pl. 53  ❐

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values III Band 3, Thrace (from Perinthus to Trajanopolis), 2007 p. 73, nr. 534 ❐

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/7.2/565 ❐

editions

cn.perinthus.1_ed.489  🔍

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cn type 3294, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/3294 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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