RPC VI, 997 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 997 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Perinthus
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓΟΥ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευ(ῆρος) Ἀντωνεῖνος Αὔγου(στος)
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 (or ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ)
Edition Περινθίων δὶς νεωκόρων
Translation of the Perinthians, twice neocorate
Reverse design galley with sail, right, with seven rowers
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 22.69 g
Axis 1, 11, 12
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Perinthus 670, 673, BMC 56
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1872,0709.36 Schönert-Geiss, Perinthus 673 = BMC 56
2 2     P: 1194
3 3     Winterthur Schönert-Geiss, Perinthus 670
4 4     CGT coll. = CNG EA 368, 10 Feb. 2016, lot 230
5 5     Boston: 63.1086