RPC VI, 969 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 969 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Perinthus
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευῆ(ρος) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate bust of Elagabalus, right, wearing cuirass decorated with Gorgoneion and aegis, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition ὁμόνοια Περίνθιων δις νεωκόρων
Translation Concord of the Perinthians, twice neocorate
Reverse design Demeter standing right, holding long torch, clasping hand with Tyche standing left, holding cornucopia; between garlanded altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 43 mm
Average weight 34.61 g
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Perinthus 722, SNG Italy 539
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Milan: B6247 SNG 539 = Schönert-Geiss, Perinthus 722