RPC VI, 985 (temporary)

 

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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 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 Β ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition Περινθίων βʹ νεωκόρων 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 43 mm
Average weight 34.88 g
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Perinthus 718
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1198
2 2     P: 1199 Schönert-Geiss, Perinthus 718 = Mi I, 410, 313
3 3     Varbanov 3, 372
5 5     ✸ Numismatica Ars Classica Zurich 150, 2–3 Dec. 2024, lot 887 = Lanz 117, 2003, lot 998
6 6     Harmers of London 7, 29 Sept. 2025, lot 72 = Münzen und Medaillen sale 41, Basel 18-19 June 1970, lot 316