RPC VI, 973 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 973 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Perinthus
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥ
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, left, holding spear and decorated shield, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Reverse design Heracles advancing, left, looking back, lion skin over shoulder, shooting arrows at the Stymphalian birds, two of them falling pierced to the ground
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 39 mm
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Perinthus 712
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Frankfurt: Gloch 668 Schönert-Geiss, Perinthus 712