RPC I, 257

 

Image of specimen #404

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 257
Province Tarraconensis
Region Hispania
City Emporiae
Reign Uncertain
Obverse inscription
Obverse design head of Athena, right
Reverse inscription EMPOR(IT)
Edition Emporit(anum)
Translation the Emporitan (municipality)
Reverse design pegasus, right; above, wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 10.38 g
Axis 5, 12
Reference Vives 123–6, 7, Hill 3–2, Villaronga 107, 109–12, GMI 44–5
Specimens 405 (43 in the core collections)
Note Countermarks: Dolphin (=cmk 3) and DD ( = cmk 47) on the obv.,on 1–2,6,8,11,13,17,20,22-32,34-5,39-40,43,47,51,55,59-60,63,66, 72-3,392-4 and Villaronga 110-11. DD (=cmk 47) on the obv., on 15, 19,56,58,61,69,390 and Villaronga 112-B. DD (=cmk 47) on the rev., on 21,45,48,62,390 and Villaronga 112-C. DD (=cmk 46) on the obv., on 69. D (= cmk 25) on the rev., on 61. D (= cmk 24) on the obv., on 68. Sword (= cmk g) on the obv.,on 61. PMP (= cmk 59) on the obv.,on 31. Uncertain (dD?) (=cmk 95) on the obv.,on 38,68. RVMEL ( = cmk 65) on the obv.,on 388 (Guadan 87,reads NVMEL). Also,dolphin ( = cmk 3) on rev.,see Villaronga 112-F; herring-bone(?) (=cmk 12) on the obv.,see Villaronga II6-A; IMI-BT (=cmk 51) on the obv.,see Villaronga 119; N(inverted) (= cmk 27) on the obv. or rev.,see Villaronga 117. Uncertain on the obv.,on 37,391. Sword (= cmk 9) on the obv., on 61. PMP (= cmk 59) on the obv., on 31. Uncertain (dD?) (=cmk 95) on the obv., on 38, 68. RVMEL ( = cmk 65) on the obv., on 388 (Guadán 87, reads NVMEL). Also, dolphin ( = cmk 3) on rev., see Villaronga 112-F; herring-bone(?) (=cmk 12) on the obv., see Villaronga 116-A; IMI-BT (=cmk 51) on the obv., see Villaronga 119; N(inverted) (= cmk 27) on the obv. or rev., see Villaronga 117. Uncertain on the obv., on 37, 391.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ANE 23–24/10/1984, 150
2 2     ANE 23–24/10/1984, 151
3 3     Arriols, 1981, 58
4 4     B: Bohl
5 5     B: Bohl
6 6     B: Bohl
7 7     B: Bohl
8 8     B: Bohl
9 9     B: Löbb.
10 10     B: Löbb.
11 11     B: Löbb.
12 12     B: Rauch
13 13     B: Rauch
14 14     B: Gansauge
15 15     B: Friedlaender
16 16     B: 27877
17 17     Ba: 100884
18 18     Ba: 20823
19 19     Ba: 20829
20 20     Ba: 4570
21 21     Ba: 4575
22 22     Ba: 5040
23 23     Ba: 5043
24 24     Ba: 5159
25 25     Ba: 5175
26 26     Ba: 20841
27 27     Ba: 20845
28 28     Ba: 20847
29 29     Ba: 20848
30 30     Ba: 20853
31 31     Ba: 20862
32 32     Ba: 30205
33 33     Ba: 30208
34 34     Ba: 33704
35 35     Ba: 20857
36 36     Bologna: 279
37 37     Bologna: 280
38 38     Bologna: 281
39 39     Bologna: 282
40 40     Bologna: 283
41 41     Calicó 11/1978, 491
42 42     Calicó 11/1978, 492
43 43     Cop SNG 668
44 44     Cop SNG 665
45 45     Cop SNG 666
46 46     Cop SNG 667
47 47     Cop
48 48     Milan: 236
49 49     Milan: 237
50 50     N: 186
51 51     N: 187
52 52     O
53 53     O
54 54     O
55 55     O
56 56     O
57 57     P: 88
58 58     P: 89
59 59     P: 90
60 60     P: 91
61 61     P: 92
62 62     P: 93
63 63     P: Delepierre
64 64     P: Delepierre
65 65     Rome: 191
66 66     V: 139
67 67     V: 140
68 68     V: 141
69 69     V: 142
70 70     Vat: 428
71 71     Vat: 429
72 72     Vat: 430
73 73     Vat: 431
74 74     L: 130
75 75 –384     Villaronga 107, 109–12, except L 130 and 119 (see under RPC 253)
386 386     Madrid: 4431
387 387     Madrid: 4446
388 388     Madrid: 4483
389 389     G: 1
390 390     G: 2
391 391     C
392 392     C
393 393     Winterthur: 15
394 394     Mu: 114
395 395     Stockholm SNG 1600
396 396     Stockholm SNG 1601
397 397     IVDJ: 2448
398 398     P: 1762
399 399     P: 1764
400 400     Ba: 20861
401 401     Herrero 12 Dec. 2007, lot 245
402 402     Stockholm: 1605
403 403     Áureo & Calicó 272, 26 Nov. 2015, lot 101
404 404     ✸ Áureo & Calicó 272, 26 Nov. 2015, lot 102
405 405     Freiburg: 11260
406 406     CGT coll. = Naville Numismatics 17, 20 Sept. 2015, lot 92