RPC VI, 1079 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1079 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Perinthus
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σευῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευ(ῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕωΚΟΡωΝ ΑΚΤΙΑ ΠΥΘΙΑ
Edition Περινθίων δὶς νεωκόρων Ἄκτια Πύθια Περινθίων δὶς νεωκόρων Ἄκτια Πύθια
Translation of the Perinthians, twice neocorate, Actian Pythian (games)
Reverse design prize table holding a bag between two agonistic crowns with a palm branch each, seen from right; below, jug and five apples
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 12.82 g
Axis 6
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Perinthus 757
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1218
2 2     A Schönert-Geiss, Perinthus 757
3 3     ✸ CGT coll.