RPC I, 3104

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 3104
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Phrygia
City Aezani
Reign Uncertain
Magistrate Asklas, son of Charax
Issue Reign of Claudius?
Obverse inscription ΘΕΟϹ ϹΥΝΚΛΗΤΟϹ
Edition Θεὸς Σύνκλητος
Translation God Senate
Obverse design draped bust of Senate, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΑϹΚΛΑ ΧΑΡΑΚΟϹ ΑΙΖΑΝΙΤΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Ἀσκλᾶ Χαράκος Αἰζανιτῶν
Translation under Asklas, son of Charax, of the Aezanites
Reverse design Artemis veiled standing facing, with stag, left, looking at her
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 17 mm
Average weight 3.25 g
Axis 12
Reference vA Aezani 10
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)
Note Attributed to the 'Zeit des Claudius' by vA; the obv. is very like the similar obv. for Menogenes (3097). For an Asclepiades Charax mentioned in an inscription, see Levick et al., Monuments from the Aezanitis, p. 270.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: B-I
2 2     B: I-B KM 190, no. 1
3 3     V: GR 34651
4 4     M. Fox coll.
5 5     J. Noory coll.
6 6     ✸ Naumann 65, 6 May 2018, lot 373
7 7     CGT coll. = Papillon 8, 19 Sept. 2021, lot 862