RPC I, 2491

 

Image of specimen #11

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2491
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Ionia
City Smyrna
Reign Nero
Magistrate Tiberius Claudius Hieronymos (strategos) ; Tiberius Claudius Sosandros (strategos)
Issue no imperial portrait
Dating c. AD 68/9
Obverse inscription ϹΤΡΑ ϹΩϹΑΝΔΡΟϹ, ΖΜΥΡ
Edition στρα(τηγὸς) Σώσανδρος Zμυρ(ναίων)
Translation strategos Sosandros, of the Smyrnaeans
Obverse design humped bull standing, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΙΕΡΩΝΥΜΟΥ
Edition ἐπὶ Ἱερωνύμου
Translation under Hieronymos
Reverse design garlanded and lighted altar
Metal bronze
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 3.10 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Klose III C
Specimens 11 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same obv. die.
Note 1 obv. and 6 rev. dies.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 129
2 2 –8     see Klose
9 9     Mu
10 10     Mu
11 11     ✸ Rauch Summer 2012, 20 Sept. 2012, lot 350