RPC VI, 1050 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1050 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Perinthus
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥΗ ΑΛΕΖΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευῆ(ρος) Ἀλέζανδρος Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙωΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕωΚΟΡωΝ
Edition Περινθίων δὶς νεωκόρων
Translation of the Perinthians, twice neocorate
Reverse design emperor standing facing on galley, head left, wearing tunic, holding long sceptre and raising right hand; Isis Pharia advancing on prow, left, holding sail; Sarapis standing facing on stern, head left and crowning the emperor with a wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 41 mm
Average weight 35.06 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Perinthus 782
Specimens 13 (6 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V: GR 8941 Schönert‑Geiss, Perinthus 782.8
2 2     B: Slg. Löbbecke Schönert‑Geiss, Perinthus 782.2
3 3     O Schönert‑Geiss, Perinthus 782.6
4 4     P: 1227 Schönert‑Geiss, Perinthus 782.7 = SNG Milano 321
5 5     Schönert‑Geiss, Perinthus 782.3
6 6     CNG 69, June 2005, 943 = CNG MBS 69, 8 June 2005, lot 943
7 7     ArtCoins Roma 5, 14 May 2012, lot 655 (ex G&M 117, 2002, 373)
8 8     L: 1842,0506.6 Schönert‑Geiss, Perinthus 782.4
9 9     CNG EA 290, 7 Nov. 2012, lot 244
10 10     Mainz Schönert‑Geiss, Perinthus 782.5
11 11     B: 1022/1893 Schönert‑Geiss, Perinthus 782.1
12 12     Boston: 63.1240
13 13     Roma Numismatics XXV, 22 Sept. 2022, lot 671