RPC I, 1438B

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 1438B
Province Achaea
Region Thessaly
City Koinon of Thessaly
Reign Claudius
Magistrate Lykos
Obverse inscription ΛΥΚΟΥ
Edition Λύκου
Translation of Lykos
Obverse design laureate head of Apollo, right
Reverse inscription ΘΕΣΣΑΛΩΝ
Edition Θεσσαλῶν
Translation of the Thessalians
Reverse design wolf, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 17 mm
Average weight 5.54 g
Axis 12
Reference Burrer —
Specimens 5 (0 in the core collections)
Note The reverse is clearly a type parlant. The coins might represent an assarion; a date in Claudius’s reign is suggested by the form of the N (see Burrer p. 85).
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
Addition Additional coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     BCD
2 2     BCD
3 3     ✸ BCD = Triton XV, 3 Jan. 2012, lot 930 (part of)
4 4     BCD
5 5     NLG Collection ( ex Obolos 34 lot 597, ex John Aiello Col., ex BCD Col., ex Petsalis Col.)