RPC I, 2453D

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2453D
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Lydia
City Magnesia ad Sipylum
Reign Uncertain
Magistrate Flavius Noumenios
Obverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΝΟΥΜΗΝΙΟΥ [ ] ΑΠΟϹ[ ]ΛΟΥ
Obverse design laureate head of Heracles, right
Reverse inscription ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ
Reverse design river god reclining left, holding two ears of corn and cornucopia; at feet, reeds
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 17 mm
Average weight 3.00 g
Axis 6, 12
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Note Specimen 3 attests that the reverse has ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ, which suggests a link with the enigmatic https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/77737 (Noumenios), but this is very uncertain. The reading on the obverse is not entirely clear.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     CGT coll.
2 2     P: 639
3 3     ✸ Nomos Obolos 44, 4 Oct. 2026, lot 455