RPC I, 2778B

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2778B
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Alabanda
Region Caria
City Stratonicea
Reign Uncertain
Person (obv.) Livia (Diva)
Magistrate Diony(sios?)
Issue Augustus or Tiberius (?)
Obverse inscription ΛΙΒΙΑ
Edition Λιβία
Translation Livia
Obverse design draped bust of Livia, right
Reverse inscription ΔΙΟΝΥ[ΣΙΟΥ] ϹΤΡ
Edition Διονυσίου Στρ(ατονικέων)
Translation of Dionysios, of the Stratoniceans
Reverse design Hecate standing right, holding patera and torch in shallow incuse square
Metal silver
Average diameter 15 mm
Average weight 1.25 g
Axis 12
Reference Meadows, Stratonikeia —
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note There are also hemidrachms for a Dionysios with Hekate/Nike (SNG Cop 472-3), but it is a common enough name.
Addition Additional coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ N & N London 20, 29 July 2023, lot 452: see B. Sébastien and H. Génie, 'Une fraction inédite de Stratonicée (Carie)', BCEN Oct. 2023