RPC IV.1, 3945 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 3945 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Perinthus
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Magistrate Gaius Rubrius Porcius Marcellus (legatus Augusti pro praetore)
Dating 138–140
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Τ ΑΙΛΙ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴλι(ος) Ἁδριανὸς Αντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus
Obverse design bare head of Antoninus Pius with traces of aegis, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΠΟΡΚΙΟΥ ΜΑΡΚΕΛΛΟΥ ΠΡΕϹ ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ (Ϲ inverted)
Edition ἐπὶ Πορκίου Μαρκέλλου πρεσ(βευτοῦ) Περινθίων
Translation under Porcius Marcellus ambassador, of the Perinthians
Reverse design Nike standing with foot on helmet, right, inscribing shield attached to palm-tree
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 19.90 g
Axis 12
Reference Schönert, Perinthos 388, BMC 22
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 22 (drawing) Schönert, Perinthos 388, pl. 21, cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin