RPC VI, 1057 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1057 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Perinthus
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, aegis on shoulder, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙωΝ Β ΝΕωΚΟΡωΝ ΙωΝωΝ
Reverse design Zeus seated on throne facing, holding patera and long sceptre; at his feet, eagle left, head right; above, Helios in quadriga, right, surmounted by crescent, and Selene in biga drawn by bulls, left, surmounted by star; below, Gaia reclining, right, holding cornucopia, and Thalassa reclining, left, with crab claws on the head, holding rudder and prow at her feet; all around, the signs of the Zodiac in a dotted circle
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 40 mm
Axis 1, 6
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Perinthus 789
Specimens 12 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 15388
2 2     P: 15389
3 3     P: 1222 Schönert‑Geiss, Perinthus 789.3 = Mi 1, 411, 316
4 4     G SNG 860F = Hunterian I, 403, 24
5 5     Cologne: Sl. Niessen 12398 Schönert‑Geiss, Perinthus 789.1
6 6     Milan: 1016 SNG Italy 316
7 7     ✸ Baldwin's Markov M&M Ltd The New York Sale XIV, 10 Jan. 2007, lot 153
8 8     CNG MBS 67, 22 Sept. 2004, lot 1088
9 9     Schönert‑Geiss, Perinthus 789.2 = Kress 117, 1961, 244 (as Philip)
10 10     Schönert‑Geiss, Perinthus 789.4 (Sarajevo?)
11 11     Wildwinds
12 12     Boston: 62.629