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A bronze coin of the emperor Gordian III from Deultum in Thrace showing Perseus rescuing Andromeda. Coin Type:Bronze AE24 of Gordian III, Caesar 238 CE, Augustus 238-244 CE.
Mint and Date: Deultum in Thrace, 238-244 CE.
Size and Weight: 23mm x 24mm, 6.46g.
Obverse: IMP C M ANT GORDIANVS AVG
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind.
Reverse: COL FL PAC DEVLT
Perseus, nude but for chlamys draped over right thigh, standing left, harpa and Medusa's head in left hand behind, right hand raised high helping Andromeda (standing half right, nude but for light drapery behind and around left leg) down from rocks, right foot resting on the dea sea monster Ketos whose fishy tail is visible at the right.
Provenance: heliosnumismatik (eBay), February 2011.
Ref: Varbanov II (English) 2757.
BW Ref: 064 052 168
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