RPC IV.2, 996 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 996 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Ionia
City Chios
Reign Uncertain
Issue Lagos Roman Series IV = Mavrogordato Sub-Period XI g: Without personal name
Dating c. 138–192
Obverse inscription ΧΙΩΝ
Obverse design sphinx seated, left, raising forepaw over prow
Reverse inscription ΑϹϹΑΡΙΟΝ
Reverse design amphora between two eight-rayed stars (and two loops)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Axis 5, 6
Reference Mavrogordato 124β, Cop 1656
Specimens 12 (10 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 3162, ex P 5120 Lagos 473, no. 20, pl. XLII, reverse without loops
2 2     V: GR 17984, reverse with two loops
3 3     G: II, 403, no. 61 SNG I, no. 1405, reverse without loops
4 4     B: Pergamum Finds reverse with two loops
5 5     Cop: 1656, reverse without loops
6 6     Stockholm: 468 reverse with two loops
7 7     C: McClean 8390 McClean III, 8390, pl. 292.10 = Lagos 473, no. 22, pl. XLII, reverse with two loops
8 8     O Lagos 472, no. 19, pl. XLII, reverse without loops
9 9     O: reverse with two loops
10 10     Aufhäuser 12 (01/10/1996), 219, reverse without loops
11 11     V: GR 17986, reverse with two loops
12 12     L Lagos 473, no. 21, pl. XLII, reverse with two loops