RPC VI, 1087 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1087 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Perinthus
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σε(ουῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate head of Severus Alexander, right
Reverse inscription ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition Περινθίων δὶς νεωκόρων
Translation of the Perinthians, twice neocorate
Reverse design athlete standing nude facing, head right, holding palm branch and crowning himself with wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 10.37 g
Axis 1
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Perinthus 759
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18239705, 1925 Kassel Schönert-Geiss, Perinthus 759
2 2     ✸ Themis 9, 11 Apr. 2021, lot 391