RPC III, 2408A

Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
City Sardis 
Region Lydia
Reign Hadrian
Obverse inscription ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ
Obverse design draped bust of Dionysus (wearing ivy wreath), rl
Reverse inscription ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ
Reverse design bearded Silenus seated on altar, right, half naked, holding cantharus in his right hand and infant Dionysus on his left knee

Coin no. 3 of RPC III, 2408A

 

Museum Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna (Austria)
Inventory no. GR 19575
Reference Blum pl. III, 16
Diameter 20
Weight 5.45
Axis 6
Note Modern forgery: see now M. Amandry, Antinoüs RPC III 2408 (Sardes) et 2667 (Amorium) : deux cas de regravure d’époque moderne dans F. Stroobants et Ch. Lauwers ed., Detur dignissimo. Studies in honour of Johan van Heesch, Bruxelles, 2020, p. 309-313. Obverse recut from a specimen similar to 1 or 2.
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