RPC IV.1, 4231 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4231 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Perinthus
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Magistrate Gaius Iulius Commodus Orfitianus (legatus Augusti pro praetore)
Dating c. 154/5
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Τ ΑΙ ΑΔΡΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription ΗΓΕ Ι ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟΥ ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ
Reverse design nude Heracles (youthful) standing, right, strangling Nemean lion
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Axis 6
Reference Schönert, Perinthos 396
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1102 (ex 905), both sides tooled, cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin
2 2     Vat Schönert, Perinthos 396, pl. 21
3 3     B: (Fox)