RPC I, 3739

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 3739
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 head 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 thunderbolt
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 11.86 g
Axis 3, 4, 9
Reference Staffieri 33–4
Specimens 7 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Levante 641 = CNG EA 90, 26 May 2004, lot 248
2 2     ✸ Levante 642 = CNG EA 134, 1 Mar. 2006, lot 239
3 3     P: 2002/203
4 4     Nomos obolos 7, 9 July 2017, lot 291
5 5     Naumann 79, 7 July 2019, lot 436
6 6     CGT coll.
7 7     CGT coll. = Pecunem 39, 4 Jan. 2016, lot 737