RPC VI, 1057 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1057 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Perinthus
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευ(ῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, aegis on shoulder, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙωΝ Β ΝΕωΚΟΡωΝ ΙωΝωΝ
Edition Περίνθιων βʹ νεωκόρων Ἰώνων
Translation of the Perinthians, twice neocorate, Ionians
Reverse design Zeus seated on throne facing, holding patera and long sceptre; at his feet, eagle left, head right; above, Helios in quadriga, right, surmounted by crescent, and Selene in biga drawn by bulls, left, surmounted by star; below, Gaia reclining, right, holding cornucopia, and Thalassa reclining, left, with crab claws on the head, holding rudder and prow at her feet; all around, the signs of the Zodiac in a dotted circle
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 40 mm
Average weight 31.44 g
Axis 1, 6
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Perinthus 789
Specimens 12 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 15388
2 2     P: 15389
3 3     P: 1222 Schönert‑Geiss, Perinthus 789.3 = Mi 1, 411, 316
4 4     G SNG 860F = Hunterian I, 403, 24
5 5     Cologne: Sl. Niessen 12398 Schönert‑Geiss, Perinthus 789.1
6 6     Milan: 1016 SNG Italy 316
7 7     ✸ Baldwin's Markov M&M Ltd The New York Sale XIV, 10 Jan. 2007, lot 153
8 8     CNG MBS 67, 22 Sept. 2004, lot 1088
9 9     Schönert‑Geiss, Perinthus 789.2 = Kress 117, 1961, 244 (as Philip)
10 10     Schönert‑Geiss, Perinthus 789.4 (Sarajevo?)
11 11     Wildwinds
12 12     Boston: 62.629