RPC I, 2635

 

Image of specimen #17

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2635
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Lydia
City Tralles
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Publius Vedius Pollio
Magistrate Menandros, son of Parrasios
Obverse inscription ΟΥΗΙΔΙΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡΕΩΝ
Obverse design bare head of Publius Vedius Pollio, right; behind, uncertain object
Reverse inscription ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΣ ΠΑΡΡΑΣΙΟΥ
Reverse design laureate head of Zeus, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Axis 12
Reference BMC 76, Cop 688, AMC 1363
Specimens 22 (18 in the core collections)
Note G. Stumpf, Numismatische Studien zur Chronologie der Römischen Statthalter in Kleinasien (1991), no. 156 attests the alternative spelling ΟΥΗΔΙΟΣ for Vedius (Pollio’s) name.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 76
2 2     L BMC 77
3 3     L BMC 78
4 4     Mu: 34
5 5     P: 1626 Wa 5413
6 6     P: 1628 Wa 5414
7 7     P
8 8     P: 1627
9 9     P: 1630
10 10     O AMC 1363
11 11     Cop SNG 688
12 12     B: Löbb.
13 13     B: 41/1879
14 14     C: gen.
15 15     V: GR 36118
16 16     V: GR 19667
17 17     ✸ PV = CNG Triton XI, 8 Jan. 2008, lot 488
18 18     Weber 6941
19 19     NY: 1944.100.49796
20 20     Florence
21 21     P: 1636 Wa 5415
22 22     Boston: 63.2993