RPC VI, 1053 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1053 (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, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙωΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕωΚΟΡωΝ
Reverse design Sarapis standing facing, head left, holding long sceptre and raising hand over lighted altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 40 mm
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Perinthus 784
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Modena
2 2     Künker 193, 26 Sept. 2011, lot 894
3 3     ✸ Peus 413, 29 Oct. 2014, lot 443
4 4     Varbanov 3, 442