RPC I, 3738

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 3738
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Trachea
City Olba
Reign Tiberius
Person (obv.) Marcus Antonius Polemon (high priest)
Issue Year 11
Obverse inscription ΜΑΡΚ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΟΥ ΠΟΛΕΜΩΝΟΣ ΑΡΧΙΕΡΕΩΣ
Edition Μάρκ(ου) Ἀντωνίου Πολέμωνος Ἀρχιερέως
Translation of Marcus Antonius Polemon, High Priest
Obverse design draped bust of Polemo, right
Reverse inscription ΔΥΝΑΣΤΟΥ ΟΛΒΕΩΝ ΤΗΣ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΚΕΝΝΑΤ ΚΑΙ ΛΑΛΑΣΣΕΩΝ Ε ΙΑ
Edition δυνάστου Ὀλβέων τῆς ἱερᾶς καὶ Κεννατ(ῶν) καὶ Λαλασσέων ἔ(τους) ιαʹ
Translation dynast of the Olbeians of the sacred (city), of the Cennatae and Lalasseis, of year 11
Reverse design throne; in the left field, triskeles
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 16.18 g
Axis 1, 3
Reference Staffieri 32
Specimens 11 (4 in the core collections)
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 20
2 2     L BMC 19
3 3     Levante 643 = ex SNG vA 5793 = CNG MBS 67, 22 Sept. 2004, lot 1118
4 4     P: 828
5 5     P: 829 Wa 4411
6 6     Bankhaus Aufhäuser 12, 1–2 Oct. 1996, lot 277
7 7     MünzZentrum 152, 2 Sept. 2009, lot 371
8 8     CGT coll.
9 9     ✸ Grün 64, 20 Nov. 2014, lot 2156
10 10     CNG 43, 24 Sept. 1997, lot 663
11 11     Boston: 1998.52