Perinthos, Gordian III., 3 unit (CN type 3279)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
238-244 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace3 unit in bronze struck at Perinthos in Thrace under Gordian III. dated 238-244 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 3279. Obverse: Laureate head of Gordian III, right. Reverse: Nude athlete advancing left, holding laurel wreath and palm branch.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 3 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 24–28 mm (from 5 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 9.62 g (mean of 5 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Perinthos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Gordian III.
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate head of Gordian III, right.
- Reverse type
- Nude athlete advancing left, holding laurel wreath and palm branch.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑV
- Reverse legend
- ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Recorded findspots
- Izmit
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3279
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 3279
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Documented
- Issue or mint date
- Documented
- Material
- Documented
- Weight
- Documented
- Mint or printer
- Documented
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Documented
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 254, nr. 845, pl. 52-53
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 69, nr. 514
- external concordanceRPC VII.2, 602.
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution