RPC VI, 980 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

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
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 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
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Perinthus 720
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: I-B1900 Schönert-Geiss, Perinthus 720.1
2 2     Sofia Schönert-Geiss, Perinthus 720.2 = Mouchmov 4621