RPC VI, 990 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 990 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Perinthus
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος Αὔγ(ουστος)
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, ΑΚΤΙΑ ΠΥΘΙΑ
Edition Περινθίων δὶς νεωκόρων Ἄκτια Πύθια
Translation of the Perinthians, twice neocorate, Actian Pythian (games)
Reverse design two temples with eight columns (?) facing each other, seen from a three-quarter view; above, two agonistic crowns
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 43 mm
Average weight 34.80 g
Axis 6
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ CNG 108, 16 May 2018, lot 442
2 2     Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG eLive 48, 27 Feb. 2018, lot 244