cn type 3143
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cn type 3143

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Perinthos 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

222-235 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
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ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑVΡ ϹΕV ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΑVΓ
Design
Laureate and bearded bust of Severus Alexander, right, wearing cuirass, gorgoneion on breastplate and aegis over left shoulder.
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Reverse
Legend
ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙWΝ Β ΝΕWΚΟΡWΝ ΙWΝWΝ
Design
Zeus enthroned, holding patera and sceptre; at his feet, eagle; to upper left, Helios in quadriga right, above, crescent; to upper right, Selene in biga of bulls left, above, star; below, reclining figure of Gaia right, holding cornucopia and branch, and of Thalassa reclining left, wearing a crab claws, holding ruder; at her feet, prora ; all within zodiacus.
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Persons

Sitter: Severus Alexander 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
Medallion 🔍
Material
Diameter
Max: 41 mm / Min: 40 mm
Average Weight
37.25 g (1x)
Citation

Schönert, Die Münzprägung von Perinthos, Berlin 1965 p. 242, nr. 788 

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values III Band 3, Thrace (from Perinthus to Trajanopolis), 2007 p. 65, nr. 476

editions

cn.perinthus.1_ed.425  🔍

Cite this record:

cn type 3143, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/3143 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/24]

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