RPC VI, 991 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 991 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Perinthus
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, 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 42 mm
Average weight 41.53 g
Axis 1
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Perinthus 714
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Sofia Schönert-Geiss, Perinthus 714 = Mouchmov 4603
2 2     Varbanov 3, 405
3 3     ✸ CNG Triton XXVIII, 14 Jan. 2025, lot 446 = Nomos 32, 8 June 2024, lot 160 = Gorny & Mosch 134, 11 Oct. 2004, lot 1857