RPC I, 3010

 

Image of specimen #14

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 3010
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Sardis
Reign Nero
Magistrate Tiberius Claudius Mnaseas (priest)
Dating c. AD 65
Obverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΤΙ ΜΝΑϹΕΟΥ ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ
Obverse design head of Heracles, right
Reverse inscription ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Reverse design Nike standing, left, holding wreath and palm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 16 mm
Axis 5, 6, 12
Reference BMC 64, Cop 504
Specimens 17 (7 in the core collections)
Note Compare Smyrna, 2486; here, too, there is perhaps an assimilation of Poppaea and Nike, though not explicit.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 64
2 2     P: 1182 Wa 5227
3 3     Cop SNG 504
4 4     O: Christ Church
5 5     B: I-B
6 6     Sardis excavations (1910–14) 265
7 7     CGT coll.
8 8     CGT coll.
9 9     CGT coll.
10 10     CGT coll.
11 11     CGT coll.
12 12     CGT coll.
13 13     Roma Numismatics EA 45, 5 May 2018, lot 276
14 14     ✸ Naumann 65, 6 May 2018, lot 368
15 15     L: 1979,0101.2030
16 16     Mu: 19
17 17     A. Tricarico coll. (ex Demos 13, 21 Oct. 2022, lot 567)