RPC VI, 987 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 987 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Perinthus
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗ(ΛΙ) ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλι(ος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, 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 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 35.60 g
Axis 5, 7
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Perinthus 716–7
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: L1906 Schönert-Geiss, Perinthus 716
2 2     ✸ B: 923/1901 Schönert-Geiss, Perinthus 717
3 3     V: GR 8933
4 4     CNG 177, Nov. 2007, 147