RPC I, 646

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 646
Province Sicily
Region Sicily
City Iaiton
Reign Roman Republic
Dating First century BC
Obverse inscription ΙΑΙΤΙΝΩΝ
Obverse design head of Heracles wearing lionskin, right; behind, club
Reverse inscription
Reverse design triskeles with gorgon face and corn ears between legs
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 12
Reference Bloesch 6a, Cop 330
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Note See now S. Frey-Kupper, ‘La circolazione monetaria a Monte Iato dall’inizio della dominazione romana fino all’età tiberiana’, Giornate Internazionali di Studi sull’Area Elima (Gibellina, 19-22 Settembre 1991). Atti (Gibellina, 1992), pp. 281-98.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 603
2 2     CGT coll. = Naville 21, 20 March 2016, lot 127