RPC VI, 980 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 980 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Perinthus
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ 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 nude facing, head right, resting on club, holding lion skin; to right, serpent coiling around apple tree of the Hesperides; above, crescent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 41 mm
Average weight 34.39 g
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Perinthus 720
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: I-B1900 Schönert-Geiss, Perinthus 720.1
2 2     Sofia Schönert-Geiss, Perinthus 720.2 = Mouchmov 4621