RPC VI, 968 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 968 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Perinthus
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Obverse design laureate bust of Elagabalus, right, wearing cuirass decorated with Gorgoneion and aegis, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Reverse design Asclepius standing facing, head left, holding serpent-staff, facing Hygieia standing, right, feeding serpent from patera
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 42 mm
Axis 7
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Perinthus 723
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     V: GR 17486 ('Philippopolis?')
2 2     V: GR 8932 Schönert-Geiss, Perinthus 723 = Mi S.II, 425, 1327
3 3     ✸ Varbanov 3, 343