RPC VI, 982 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

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
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, 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
Axis 6
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Perinthus 709, Cop 753
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number 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