circa 250-200 BCE
Æ 21 mm, 5,42 g
Jugate heads of Serapis and Isis right
Bull standing left; monogram to left; below, two foreparts of horses joined together.
Schönert-Geiss, Perinthos 40–1; SNG Copenhagen 722
Ex Savoca
Perinthos was a strong town in Thrace, as evidenced by my Lysimachos tetradrachm that was minted there and an earlier bronze. Both are uncommon, and my Lysimachos tet appears to be unpublished.
287/281 BCE
Perinthos 17.08g
Kopf des vergöttlichten Alexander / Athena mit Nike-Statuette auf Cippus und Schild, Beiz. Monogramm und 2 gegenläufige Pferdeprotomen.
Thompson in Festschr. Robinson (1968), -, vgl. 256 HGC 1750q; Thompson, Armenak-Hoard (=ANS MN 31, 198 – Müller, Lysimachus – Arnold-Biucchi in Festschr. Price (1998) Unpublished variant(?)
It appears to have been colonized by Samians, although the date is disputed and lies somewhere between 1000 BCE and 600 BCE. It was one of the few cities that resisted Philip II, and his unsuccessful siege of it was a major defeat. At the time, it was more powerful than Byzantion, which would eventually become Constantinople and then Istanbul.
Due to its location with harbors and at a crossroads, a lot of commerce flowed through the city. For this reason, its coins have been found throughout the region.