RPC I, 3710B

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 3710B
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Trachea
City Lalassis
Reign Uncertain
Obverse inscription ΛΑΛΑϹ-ϹΕΩΝ
Edition Λαλασσέων
Translation of Lalassis
Obverse design Aphrodite standing left, holding flower and sceptre
Reverse inscription ΔΙΧΑΛ-ΚΟΝ
Edition διχάλκον
Translation dichalkon
Reverse design scorpion
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 17 mm
Average weight 2.82 g
Axis 6, 8, 11, 12
Specimens 11 (1 in the core collections)
Note The dating of this issue is uncertain. Von Aulock assigns it to the first century AD, whereas Levante dates it to the first century BC. Lalassis was governed by Ajax (high priest and toparch) towards the end of Augustus's reign and during the reign of Tiberius (see the reverse inscription of https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/3725). But the scorpion perhaps alludes to Antiochus IV of Commagene, who ruled over a large part of Cilicia after AD 38. The use of the letter form Ⳟ for Σ also suggests a late date.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     CNG Triton XVIII, 6 Jan. 2015, lot 686 = SNG Levante 562 = SNG vA 5695
2 2     M&M GmbH 19, 16 May 2006, lot 136 = SNG Levante 563
3 3     B: 18301763, 1909/579
4 4     Triskeles Sale 17, 16 Sept. 2016, lot 185
5 5     Gorny & Mosch 259, 20 Oct. 2018, lot 3353
6 6     Savoca 21st Silver, 11 Mar. 2018, lot 196
7 7     ✸ Leu WA 8, 29 June 2019, lot 453 = Künker 333, 16 Mar. 2020, lot 558
8 8     CNG EA 428, 5 Sept. 2018, lot 196
9 9     Themis 7, 27 June 2020, lot 254
10 10     Astarte WA 5, 12 May 2024, lot 103
11 11     Demos 12, 4 Aug. 2022, lot 342