RPC VI, 1043 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1043 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Perinthus
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ϹΕΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙωΝ Β ΝΕωΚΟΡωΝ
Reverse design Dionysus standing nude facing, wearing vine wreath, holding panther skin on shoulder and resting on long thyrsus, placing hand on the shoulder of one of two satyrs standing facing, at his left; to left, Pan standing facing, holding pedum and leaning on Silenus standing, right, resting on stick; below, Ariadne reclining, left, supporting head with hand, placing the other arm behind head; at her feet, dog leaning, left, looking back
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 39 mm
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Perinthus 778
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1230 Schönert-Geiss, Perinthus 778 = Mi I, 412, 324