RPC VI, 1027 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1027 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Perinthus
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ϹΕΥΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Σευῆ(ρος) Ἀντωνεῖνος Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Elagabalus, right
Reverse inscription ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition Περινθίων δὶς νεωκόρων
Translation of the Perinthians, twice neocorate
Reverse design nude athlete bending, left, reaching with right hand into agonistic urn at his feet, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 14.79 g
Axis 2
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Perinthus 699
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: I-B1900 Schönert-Geiss, Perinthus 699
2 2     Warsaw
3 3     Wildwinds