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cn type 3297

Mint
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 advancing right, holding club and lion skin, dragging Cerberus; in background, tree.
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Persons

Sitter: Gordian III. 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
Medallion 🔍
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 41 mm / Min: 36 mm
Average Weight
29.79 g (2x)
Axes
1 (1x)
Citation

Schönert, Die Münzprägung von Perinthos, Berlin 1965 p. 257, nr. 857, pl. 54  ❐

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values III Band 3, Thrace (from Perinthus to Trajanopolis), 2007 p. 71, nr. 529 ❐

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/7.2/562 ❐

editions

cn.perinthus.1_ed.488  🔍

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cn type 3297, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/3297 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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