RPC VI, 1066 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1066 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Perinthus
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΑΥ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευ(ῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος Αὔ(γουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙωΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕωΚΟΡωΝ
Edition Περινθίων δὶς νεωκόρων
Translation of the Perinthians, twice neocorate
Reverse design Triptolemus raising hand, standing on chariot, right, drawn by two winged serpents
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 20.13 g
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Perinthus 737
Specimens 8 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1196
2 2     B: I-B1900 Schönert-Geiss, Perinthus 737.1
3 3     V: GR 8935
4 4     V: GR 8934 Schönert-Geiss, Perinthus 737.2
5 5     ✸ CNG EA 158, 14 Feb. 2007, lot 157
6 6     Peus 403, 27 Apr. 2011, lot 546
7 7     Varbanov 3, 466
8 8     Wildwinds