RPC I, 646

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 646
Province Sicily
Region Sicily
City Iaiton
Reign Roman Republic
Dating First century BC
Obverse inscription ΙΑΙΤΙΝΩΝ
Edition Ἰαιτίνων
Translation of the Iaitinans
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
Average weight 8.67 g
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