RPC VI, 977 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 977 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Perinthus
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ (or ΑΥΓ)
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σευῆρος Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβαστός 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 ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition Περινθίων δὶς νεωκόρων Περινθίων δὶς νεωκόρων
Translation of the Perinthians, twice neocorate
Reverse design Heracles standing facing, head left, holding lion skin and club and patera over garlanded and lighted altar; above, eagle, left, looking back
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 41 mm
Average weight 35.69 g
Axis 6
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Perinthus 724, BMC 54
Specimens 11 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1867,1125.14 BMC 54 = Schönert-Geiss, Perinthus 724.3
2 2     V: GR 8930 Schönert-Geiss, Perinthus 724.5
3 3     V: GR 8931 Schönert-Geiss, Perinthus 724.6
4 4     Bern: 98.67
5 5     Budapest Schönert-Geiss, Perinthus 724.2 (found in Brigetio?)
6 6     Sofia Mouchmov 4619 = Schönert-Geiss, Perinthus 724.4
7 7     CNG MBS 76, 12 Sept. 2007, lot 1037
8 8     ✸ CNG Triton XVIII, 6 Jan. 2015, lot 872
9 9     Brisbane: 1365 Rauch MBS 11, 12 Sept. 2006, lot 411
10 10     Schönert-Geiss, Perinthus 724.1 (Arolsen)
11 11     Wildwinds