Folia archeologica 10.
L. Barkóczi - A. Kerényi: Bronze medaillons of Thracian issue from Brigetio
Bronze médaillons of Tbracian issue from Brigetio 79 7. Perinthus, Elagabal. It is said to be found at Brigetio. In the collection of the Hungarian National Museum. Pl. XIII 2. 38—40 mm. Av. AVT К M AVP CEVH ANTiiNEINOC АУГ Bust of Elagabalus г., laur., wearing cuirass with Gorgon's head on breastplate, and aegis on 1. shoulder. Rv. riEPINMIÜN zlIC NEÍ2KOPÜN Herakles, naked, standing 1., holding patera, and club upwards, lion's skin on 1. arm, sacrificing at lighted and garlanded altar, in field above which an eagle with wings spread. 5 8. Perinthus, Severus Alexander. Site unknown. In the collection of the Hungarian National Museum. Pl. XIII 3. 40—41 mm. Av. AVT К M AVP EEV AAEZANJPOE AVr Bust of Severus Alexander г., laur., wearing cuirass with Gorgon's head on breastplate and paludamentum. Symbol of aegis on 1. shoulder. Rv. IffiPINWIilN—zJIE NEÍ2 KOPQN The Emperor laur., wearing cuirass and flaring paludamentum, on horse galloping г., stabbing a spear with r. hand towards the enemy in front of the horse. The enemy falls flat, his hands bound on the back, on his head a Phrigian (?) cap. 9. Perinthus, Severus Alexander. Found at Brigetio. Private collection of J. Mócsy (Budapest). Pl. XIII 4. 41'mm. Av. AV К M AVP EEVFP—AAEHANzlPOE AVr Bust of Severus Alexander г., laur., wearing cuirass with Gorgon's head on breastplate and paludamentum. Rv. ПЕР1 —NWIWN — В —NEJMCOPHN Ш —N^sN In the foreground of the illustration Dionysos lights upon the sleeping Ariadne. Dionysos stands in front, thyrsos in his r. hand. Before him Ariadne lying on the ground in front view, the upper part of her body is resting on a cliff, holding her head with both hands, her legs crossed, her clothes leave her upper part bare, covering only her legs. In the background of the illusstration two figures on either side of Dyonysos as his constant companions, namely one Satyr and three Sileni. 8 5 The same piece is described in BMC no. 54, and Mushmow, 4619. 6 Probably the same piece is described, but not quite precisely by Mionnet I. p. 412. no. 324. — A medallion with Ariadne on the reverse is described by H. Dresse! in Erwerbung des Königlichen Münzeabinets in den Jahren 1898—1900. ZN 24 (1903) p. 74 and BMC Mysia, p. 152, no. 314, pl. XXX, 8. — Schrötter , Wörterbuch der Münzkunde. (Berlin—Leipzig 1930) in fig. 98. we see the exact copy of the reverse of our medallion.
