RPC I, 1424B

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 1424B
Province Achaea
Region Thessaly
City Magnesia
Reign Uncertain
Obverse inscription ΜΑΓΝΗΤωΝ
Edition Μαγνήτων
Translation of the Magnetes
Obverse design draped bust of Asclepius (?), right
Reverse inscription
Reverse design Asclepius (?) seated left, his left arm resting on sceptre, his right hand towards a serpent in front of him
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 6.22 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Specimens 6 (4 in the core collections)
Note According to BCD, time of Nero; or Flavian period (same reverse type under Domitia)
Addition Additional coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1896,0703.204
2 2     L: 1933,0214.567
3 3     L: 1933,0214.568 ex Rogers coll.
4 4     L: 1933,0214.566 ex Rogers coll. = ex Vlasto coll.
5 5     ✸ Nomos 4, BCD Collection of Thessaly, 10 May 2011, lot 1190
6 6     Numisfitz 1, 26 Mar. 2023, lot 493