RPC VI, 975 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 975 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Perinthus
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβαστός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, holding staff on his shoulder, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition Περινθίων δὶς νεωκόρων Περινθίων δὶς νεωκόρων
Translation of the Perinthians, twice neocorate
Reverse design Heracles advancing, right, holding Erymanthian boar on his shoulders; to right, Eurystheus in a wine jar, raising arms; to left, tree
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 42 mm
Average weight 36.45 g
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 117, 14 Oct. 2002, lot 372
2 2     Varbanov 3, 387