RPC VI, 978 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 978 (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, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition 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 39 mm
Average weight 28.58 g
Axis 7
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Perinthus 725
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Leu WA 28, 9–14 Dec. 2023, lot 2188 = Jay Smith Coll., ex Inasta auction 97, 29 Nov. 2021, lot 328 = Peus 366, lot 417 = M&M 13 (1954), 868 = Pozzi 2465 = Prowe collection, Egger 46 (1914), 303 = Schönert-Geiss, Perinthus 725