RPC I, 1417B

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 1417B
Province Achaea
Region Epirus
City Phoenice
Reign Uncertain
Magistrate Paterinos (hiereus)
Issue Second half of the first century BC
Obverse inscription ΦΟΙΝΕΙΚΑΙΩΝ
Obverse design head of Zeus crowned with oak, r.
Reverse inscription ΠΑΤΕΡΙΝΟ ΙΕΡΕΥ Ε Π, ΜΕΜΟ
Reverse design palm; all in a laurel-wreath
Metal Æ
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 3.41 g
Reference BMC 4
Specimens 2
Note Diameter range: 16-20 mm. The reverse legend is difficult to read: Gardner suggested Γ Μ ΜΕΜΘ, Π Π ΜΕΜΟ seems another possibility.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Museum Bibliography
1     ✸ L BMC 4
2     Phoenice