Folia archeologica 10.
L. Barkóczi - A. Kerényi: Bronze medaillons of Thracian issue from Brigetio
78 L. Barkóc^i—A. Kerényi Av. Same type as no. 2. Rv. nEPIN— 0IÍ2—NNE— OKOPÍ2N Similar type. 4. Perinthus, Caracalla. In the collection of the Hungarian National Museum. The coin was given to the Museum as a present, the donor brought it along from Turkey. Its site is unknown. It was possibly found in Turkey. Pl. XIÍ 4. 41 mm. Av. AVT К M AVP CEOVPP ANTÍ2NINOC АУГ Bust of Caracalla 1., radiate, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Rv. flEPIN^ION around, NEÍ2KOPÍ2N in exergue. Caracalla in quadriga г., holding patera and sceptre surmounted by eagle, horses walking. 2 5. Perinthus, Caracalla. Found probably at Brigetio. In the collection of the Hungarian National Museum. Pl. XII 5. 37—38 mm. Av. AVT К M AVP CEOVPP— ANTÍ2NINOC AVr Bust of Caracalla г., laur., wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Rv. ПЕР1 —N—(")IQN around, NEQKOPQN in exergue. Two temples facing each other; above, two agonistic urns 3 containing palms, beneath, AKTIA IIVWIA. 4 4 Similar pieces from other collections are published in BMC no. 42. — Sylloge Num. Graec. Danisch. Nat. Mus. II. no. 746. — Berl. Kat. I. p. 211, no. 33. 6. Perinthus, Geta. It is said to be found at Brigetio. In the collection of the Hungarian National Museum. Pl. XIII. 1. 38 mm. Av. AVT П СЕП —ГЕТАС СЕВ Bust of Geta г., laur., wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Rv. AKTIA—nV(-)IA Two temples facing each other; above, two agonistic urns containing palms; beneath the temples Ф1ЛА^1ЕЛФЕ1А nEPINOlQN NEÍ2KOPÍ2N 2 A similar piece is published in BMC no. 40. —- Mushmow, 4549, but here the bust of the Emperor r. on the averse, the quadriga 1. on the reverse. 3 Dresse/, H., in ZN 24 (I903) 34 f. describes a medallion of Perinthus under Gordianus. On the reverse of this the goddess of the city holds a temple in either hand, just as on our first three pieces, but beneath the temples are two urns. Dressel proves, at the same place, that the round objects are no urns but crowns, used as symbols of victory at festival plays. He sums up his conclusions as follows: „Vielleicht wurde sie nur vorübergehend zur Bekrönung des Siegers benutzt und dann vom Sieger selbst an geheiligter Stätte als Weihgeschenk niedergelegt." — Zahn, R., Siegerkrone auf einer Tonlampe. ZN 24 (1903) 355 ff. proves on the basis of the illustration of a clay lamp in the Berlin Museum that Dressel is right as regards the round objects; these objects figuring on the coins are in fact crowns of victory, used for crowsoning the winner of the game.
