RPC I, 1338

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 1338
Province Achaea
Region Locris
City Locri
Reign Roman Republic
Dating Late first century BC (?)
Obverse inscription
Obverse design wreathed head of Hades, right; behind, poppy head; below, ear of corn (?)
Reverse inscription ΟΠΟΥΝΤΙΩΝ
Edition Ὀπουντίων
Translation of the Opuntians
Reverse design Dioscuri galloping, right, on horses; all within wreath
Metal leaded bronze
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 11.28 g
Reference Morineau Humphris / Delbridge, Group 36, p. 216
Specimens 5 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1920,0805.210
2 2     L BMC 88
3 3     B: I-B
4 4     V: GR 12536
5 5     ✸ NAC 55, 8 Oct. 2010, lot 152 (BCD coll.)