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Perinthos, Gordian III., Medallion (CN type 3297)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

238-244 n. Chr.

Issuing entity

Thrace

Medallion in bronze struck at Perinthos in Thrace under Gordian III. dated 238-244 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 3297. Obverse: Laureate bust of Gordian III, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum; gorgoneion on breastplate. Reverse: Labour of Heracles: Nude Heracles advancing right, holding club and lion skin, dragging Cerberus; in background, tree.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Denomination
Medallion
Recorded diameter
36–41 mm (from 3 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
29.79 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Perinthos
Region
Thrace
Authority type
City
Issuing authority
Gordian III.

Design

Obverse type
Laureate bust of Gordian III, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum; gorgoneion on breastplate.
Reverse type
Labour of Heracles: Nude Heracles advancing right, holding club and lion skin, dragging Cerberus; in background, tree.
Obverse legend
ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑVΓ
Reverse legend
ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ

Identification

Period
Roman Imperial Period
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3297
Type corpus identifier
CN type 3297

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