RPC VI, 1054 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1054 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Perinthus
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥΗ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευῆ(ρος) Ἀλέξανδρος Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, his cuirass decorated with Gorgon's head and aegis on shoulder, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙωΝ ΙωΝωΝ Β ΝΕωΚΟΡωΝ ΑΚΤΙΑ ΠΥΘΙΑ
Edition Περινθίων Ἰώνων βʹ νεωκόρων Ἀκτία Πύθια
Translation of the Ionian Perinthians, twice neocorate, Actia Pythia
Reverse design Tyche of the City standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos, holding small temple with one hand and small temple on cornucopia with the other; at her feet, agonistic crown with apples on either side
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 44 mm
Average weight 28.48 g
Axis 7
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Nomos 32, 8 June 2024, lot 39 = Lanz 117, 24 Nov. 2003, lot 1022
2 2     Varbanov 3, 474