RPC I, 2485

 

Image of specimen #22

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2485
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Ionia
City Smyrna
Reign Nero
Magistrate Scribonius Clarus (strategos)
Dating c. AD 62/5
Obverse inscription ΖΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ
Edition Ζμυρναίων
Translation of the Smyrnaeans
Obverse design turreted bust of Cybele, left
Reverse inscription ϹΤΡΑΤΗΓΟϹ ΚΛΑΡΟϹ
Edition στρατηγὸς Κλᾶρος
Translation strategos Clarus
Reverse design Tyche standing, left, holding patera and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 15 mm
Average weight 2.33 g
Axis 12
Reference Klose II B
Specimens 23 (2 in the core collections)
Note 4 obv. and 8 rev. dies.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 131
2 2 –18     see Klose
19 19     Mu
20 20     Münster: 708
21 21     CGT coll.
22 22     ✸ J. Clark coll. (ex Naumann 97, Plankenhorn coll., 6 Dec. 2020, lot 1406)
23 23     CGT coll. = Papillon 3, 29 Nov. 2020, lot 276