RPC VI, 993 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 993 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Perinthus
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος Αὔγουστος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius 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 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 20.71 g
Axis 6
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Perinthus 675
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: L1906 Schönert-Geiss, Perinthus 675
2 2     CGT coll.