Perinthos, Gordian III., Medallion (CN type 3302)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
238-244 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceMedallion in bronze struck at Perinthos in Thrace under Gordian III. dated 238-244 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 3302. Obverse: Laureate bust of Gordian III, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum; gorgoneion on breastplate. Reverse: Demeter and Homonoia; to left, Demeter standing right, holding ears of corn and torch; at her feet, cista mystica; to right, Homonoia, wearing calathus, holding patera and cornucopia; at her feet, altar.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- Medallion
- Recorded diameter
- 40 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 38.78 g (mean of 1 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
- Demeter and Homonoia; to left, Demeter standing right, holding ears of corn and torch; at her feet, cista mystica; to right, Homonoia, wearing calathus, holding patera and cornucopia; at her feet, altar.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑVΓ
- Reverse legend
- ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3302
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 3302
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. 259, nr. 862, pl. 53-54
- external concordanceRPC VII.2, 561.
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution