Freeman & Sear - Gemini I, Session 2 Lot: 422 Perinthus, Thrace.: Gordian III. AD 238-244. AE 40 mm medallion (41.82 gm). AVT K M ANT GO-RDIANOC. AVG, laureate, cuirassed bust right, Medusa head on cuirass, slight drapery on left shoulder. PERINQEWN IWNWN B NEWKORWN, Tyche standing left, holding two temples, in left field prize wreath with AKTIA below, in right field prize wreath with apples above and PVQIA below. Schoenert-Geiss 861 (same dies). Very rare: perhaps only the fourth known example. Green patina. Very fine This piece commemorates Perinthus' two provincial temples and the two festivals, one Actian and the second Pythian which were celebrated in connection with those temples. Estimated Value: $ 2,500 Gemini I Auction Closed Jan 11-12, 2005. Re-used by permission of Freeman & Sear (www.freemanandsear.com) and Harlan J Berk (www.harlanjberk.com).