RPC VI, 1054 (temporary)

 

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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
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
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
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Lanz 117, 24 Nov. 2003, lot 1022
2 2     Varbanov 3, 474