RPC VI, 982 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 982 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Perinthus
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ Ϲ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβαστός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σ(εβαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius 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, left, placing knee on the Ceryneian hind's back, holding her by antlers; in the exergue, club
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 41 mm
Average weight 36.70 g
Axis 6
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Perinthus 709, Cop 753
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Cop: 753 Schönert-Geiss, Perinthus 709
2 2     ✸ NAC 54, Mar. 2010, 1232 = NAC 54, 24 Mar. 2010, lot 1232
3 3     Stack's, january 2010, 254 = Stack's Vermeule, Ward, and Mexico Maxico Collections, 11 Jan. 2010, lot 254
4 4     Triton V, Jan. 2002, 1700 (ex Spink's NC, Jan. 1977, 9 = CNG Triton V, 15 Jan. 2002, lot 1700
5 5     Varbanov 3, 384