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)
Obverse design laureate bust of Elagabalus, right, wearing cuirass decorated with Gorgoneion and aegis, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
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
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

Number Number 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     Rauch MBS 11, 12 Sept. 2006, lot 411
10 10     Schönert-Geiss, Perinthus 724.1 (Arolsen)
11 11     Wildwinds