RPC I, 1764

 

Image of specimen #11

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 1764
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Perinthus
Reign Uncertain
Issue Without imperial head, reigns of Claudius and Nero (?)
Obverse inscription
Obverse design bust of Dionysus, right; before, thyrsus
Reverse inscription ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ
Reverse design Hera of Samos, facing
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 1, 12
Reference Sch 76–84
Specimens 11 (0 in the core collections)
Note Four obv. dies. RPC I incorrectly grouped Schönert 76-84 into one type, but there are indeed two varieties of Hera: one with a statue of Hera facing (RPC 1764, Schönert 76-80) and one with Hera walking r. (S3-I-1764A, Schönert 81-84)
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Bucharest
2 2 –9     see Sch
10 10     CGT coll.
11 11     ✸ Leu EA 11, 22 Feb. 2020, lot 1272