RPC VI, 992 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 992 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Perinthus
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευ(ῆρος) Ἀντωνεῖνος Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design radiate and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ, ΠΥΘΙΑ
Edition Περινθίων δὶς νεωκόρων Πύθια
Translation of the Perinthians, twice neocorate, Pythia
Reverse design Apollo standing facing, head left, holding laurel branch over inscribed altar holding five apples, and leaning on tripod behind him, around which serpent is coiled
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 21.50 g
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Perinthus 669
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V: GR 8927 Schönert-Geiss, Perinthus 669 = Mi S. II, 245, 1325