RPC VI, 985 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 985 (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 bust of Elagabalus, right, wearing cuirass decorated with Gorgoneion and aegis, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ Β ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition Περινθίων βʹ νεωκόρων
Translation of the Perinthians, twice neocorate
Reverse design the Emperor radiate standing on quadriga, right, wearing toga, holding sceptre and aplustre; behind, Nike standing, right, holding palm branch and crowning him with wreath; before, charioteer seated, right; in the background, trophy on platform between two captives seated back to back, with hands tied behind
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 41 mm
Average weight 34.59 g
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Perinthus 718
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1198
2 2     P: 1199 Schönert-Geiss, Perinthus 718 = Mi I, 410, 313
3 3     Varbanov 3, 372
4 4     MMAG 41, 1970, lot 316
5 5     ✸ Numismatica Ars Classica Zurich 150, 2–3 Dec. 2024, lot 887 = Lanz 117, 2003, lot 998