RPC VI, 1040 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1040 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Perinthus
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ (or ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ) (ΑΥΓ)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius 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 standing facing, head right, crowning himself with wreath and holding palm branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 4.21 g
Axis 12
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Perinthus 706–7 and var.
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Note The same type exists as a larger denomination.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B Schönert-Geiss, Perinthus 707
2 2     ✸ V: GR 33003 Schönert-Geiss, Perinthus 706
3 3     CGT coll.
4 4     Wildwinds