RPC I, 1450

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 1450
Province Achaea
Region Thessaly
City Koinon of Thessaly
Reign Nero
Magistrate Laouchos (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΕΙΡΗΝΗ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗ ΘΕΣΣΑΛΩΝ
Obverse design wreathed bust of Eirene, right
Reverse inscription ΣΤΡΑΤΗΓΟΥ ΛΑΟΥΧΟΥ, [Α]ΤΕΙΜΗΤΟΣ ΕΠΟΙ (inscribed on basis)
Reverse design Apollo seated, left, he holds his hand behind his head; his bow and arrows lie against basis; in field, left cithara
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 1
Reference Burrer Em 2, p. 161, 79 (series 4, 1)
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 1449/1–5. 1: same rev. die as 1443/1.
Note Corr: [Α]ΤΕΙΜΗΤΟΣ. The head of Eirene is regarded as that of Agrippina the younger by Hahn, Frauen p. 348 no. 177.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Triton XV, BCD coll., 3 Jan. 2012, lot 942.2 (ex H. Schulman, Mabbott coll., 9 June 1969, lot 750)