RPC I, 647

 

Image of specimen #28

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 647
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
Reverse inscription
Reverse design triskeles with gorgon face and corn ears between legs
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 9.11 g
Reference Bloesch 6b-c, Gabrici 2–6, BMC 1–2, Cop 329
Specimens 28 (10 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.

Specimens of this coin type