RPC I, 3141

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 3141
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Phrygia
City Eumenea
Reign Roman Republic
Magistrate Zmertorix, son of Philonides
Issue With Fulvia as city name
Dating c. 41/40 BC
Obverse inscription
Obverse design laureate head of Apollo (?), right
Reverse inscription ΖΜΕΡΤΟΡΙΓΟΣ
Edition Ζμερτορίγος
Translation of Zmertorix
Reverse design grapes
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 15 mm
Average weight 3.72 g
Axis 12
Specimens 14 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 14: same pair of dies. 11, 13: same pair of dies. 4, 11–13: same obv. die. 3, 11, 13: same rev. die. 4, 10: same rev. die.
Note The attribution to Fulvianum/Eumenea rests on the name of Zmertorix.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Leu EA 16, 22 May 2021, lot 2817 = Aufhäuser, 21 Oct. 1985, lot 117
2 2     RW
3 3     P. Villemur coll. ex Schulten, 15 Oct. 1990, lot 294 = CNG MBS 78, 14 May 2008, lot 1337
4 4     Lindgren I A950A (obv. misidentified) = CNG EA 127, 23 Nov. 2005, lot 100
5 5     Afyon: 6103
6 6     NY: 2015.20.2811 RBW
7 7     RBW (ex Van der Dussen 23, 6 Apr. 1995, lot 396)
8 8     RBW (ex Van der Dussen 23, 6 Apr. 1995, lot 397)
9 9     ✸ Naumann 80, 4 Aug. 2019, lot 189
10 10     M&M GmbH 16, Righetti coll., 19 May 2005, lot 477
11 11     Peus 409, 25 Apr. 2013, lot 542
12 12     Gorny & Mosch 160, 9 Oct. 2007, lot 1929
13 13     W. Holt coll.
14 14     R. Effler coll. (ex Savoca Coins Blue 152nd Blue, 7–8 Jan. 2023, lot 870)