RPC VI, 1053


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Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/1053 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
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
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	Sarapis standing facing, head left, holding long sceptre and raising hand over lighted altar
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	40 mm
Average weight	34.89 g
Reference	Schönert-Geiss, Perinthus 784
Specimens	4 (0 in the core collections)