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Perinthos, Severus Alexander, Medallion (CN type 3133)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

222-235 n. Chr.

Issuing entity

Thrace

Medallion in bronze struck at Perinthos in Thrace under Severus Alexander dated 222-235 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 3133. Obverse: Laureate bust of Severus Alexander, right, wearing cuirass and aegis; gorgoneion on breastplate; paludamentum on left shoulder. Reverse: Ariadne, Dionysus, Sileni, Pan and Silenus; In the front Ariadne lying left on a rock, sleeping; at her feet dog lying left; in the middle Dionysus standing facing, wearing ivy wreath and nebris over shoulder, holding thyrsus in right hand, left hand over the shoulder of a Silenus, showing Ariadne; to right a second Silenus with hide over shoulder; to left of Dionysus horned Pan, holding a pedum in left hand and right hand on the shoulder of a Silenus to left, standing right, resting both hands on a stick.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Denomination
Medallion
Recorded diameter
38–42 mm (from 3 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
28.6 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Perinthos
Region
Thrace
Authority type
City
Issuing authority
Severus Alexander

Design

Obverse type
Laureate bust of Severus Alexander, right, wearing cuirass and aegis; gorgoneion on breastplate; paludamentum on left shoulder.
Reverse type
Ariadne, Dionysus, Sileni, Pan and Silenus; In the front Ariadne lying left on a rock, sleeping; at her feet dog lying left; in the middle Dionysus standing facing, wearing ivy wreath and nebris over shoulder, holding thyrsus in right hand, left hand over the shoulder of a Silenus, showing Ariadne; to right a second Silenus with hide over shoulder; to left of Dionysus horned Pan, holding a pedum in left hand and right hand on the shoulder of a Silenus to left, standing right, resting both hands on a stick.
Obverse legend
ΑV Κ Μ ΑVΡ ϹΕVΗ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΑVΓ
Reverse legend
ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙWΝ Β ΝΕWΚΟΡWΝ ΙWΝWΝ

Identification

Period
Roman Imperial Period
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3133
Type corpus identifier
CN type 3133

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Issue or mint date
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Material
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Weight
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Mint or printer
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Catalogue reference
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