RPC VI, 1055 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1055 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Perinthus
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευ(ῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, the 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 42 mm
Average weight 34.72 g
Axis 7
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Perinthus 784
Specimens 9 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1228 Schönert-Geiss, Perinthus 784.4 = Mi I, 412, 322
2 2     ✸ V: GR 8943 Schönert-Geiss, Perinthus 784.7
3 3     St Petersburg Schönert-Geiss, Perinthus 784.3
4 4     Naumann 113, 6 Feb. 2022, lot 482
5 5     Schönert-Geiss, Perinthus 784.1
6 6     Schönert-Geiss, Perinthus 784.2 = Egger, Nov. 1904, 494
7 7     Schönert-Geiss, Perinthus 784.5 = Schlessinger 13, 1935, 486
8 8     Schönert-Geiss, Perinthus 784.6 = Schulman 1924, 346
9 9     Wildwinds