RPC VI, 1051 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1051 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Perinthus
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥΗ ΑΛΕΖΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, aegis on shoulder, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ ΙΩΝΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Reverse design Perinthos standing nude, right, holding chlamys, clasping hands with Heracles standing nude, left, holding lion skin and club
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 41 mm
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Perinthus 781
Specimens 3 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: L1906 Schönert-Geiss, Perinthus 781
2 2     ✸ Mu: 1996/93
3 3     V: GR 8940