RPC I, 3358

 

Image of specimen #15

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 3358
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Lycia
City Termessus by Oenoanda
Reign Tiberius
Person (obv.) Tiberius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription
Obverse design laureate head of Tiberius (?), right
Reverse inscription ΤΕΡ ΟΙ
Edition Τερ(μεσσέων τῶν πρός) Οἰ(νοάνδοις)
Translation of the Termesseans by Oenoanda
Reverse design horse galloping, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 17 mm
Average weight 4.61 g
Axis 12
Reference BMC 15, Cop 145, Kosmetatou XIV
Specimens 17 (13 in the core collections)
Note 3358-61 J. J. Coulton, ‘Termessians at Oinoanda’, Anatolian Studies 32, 1982, pp. 115-31, discusses the site of Termessos. He thinks that the Lycian Termessians established themselves at Oinoanda, so that the city was inhabited by two groups which retained their political structures.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 15
2 2     B: I-B GM 703
3 3     B: Prokesch-Osten
4 4     B: Fox
5 5     Cop SNG 145
6 6     O
7 7     O
8 8     V: GR 18980
9 9     V: GR 29421
10 10     Mu: 17
11 11     Mu: 21
12 12     Mu: 51057
13 13     G
14 14     vA 4461
15 15     ✸ T. Mullally coll. (ex Lanz 138, 26 Nov. 2007, lot 556; CNG EA 222, 11 Nov. 2009, lot 315; Agora Auctions sale 48, 12 Jan. 2016, lot 87)
16 16     CGT coll. = Savoca 5 Blue, 24 Feb. 2018, lot 914
17 17     CGT coll.