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
Edition Οὐηΐδιος Καίσαρέων
Translation Vedius, of the Caesareans
Obverse design bare head of Publius Vedius Pollio, right; behind, uncertain object
Reverse inscription ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΣ ΠΑΡΡΑΣΙΟΥ
Edition Μένανδρος Παρρασίου
Translation Menandros, son of Parrasios
Reverse design laureate head of Zeus, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 5.54 g
Axis 12
Reference BMC 76, Cop 688, AMC 1363, Oer de Almeida 3
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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