RPC I, 655

 

Image of specimen #51

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 655
Province Sicily
Region Sicily
City Lilybaeum
Reign Roman Republic
Magistrate Lucius Sempronius Atratinus ; Pythion
Dating 36 BC
Obverse inscription ΛΙΛΥΒΑΙΙΤΑΙϹ
Edition Λιλυβαιίταις
Translation to the Lilybaeans
Obverse design veiled and turreted head, right, within triangular ornament
Reverse inscription ΑΤΡΑΤΙΝΟ ΠΥΘΙΩΝ
Edition Ἀτρατῖνο(ς) Πυθίων
Translation Atratinus, Pythion
Reverse design tripod with serpent coiled around
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 19.66 g
Axis 12
Reference Holm 684, Gabrici 15, BMC 4, Cop 376, FITA 393
Specimens 53 (29 in the core collections)
Note See Martini, Sicilia nos. 1-62, erroneously giving the reading πιθιⲰν: but ΠΥΘIΩΝ is correct.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 6
2 2     L BMC 4
3 3     L BMC 5
4 4     L: G0106
5 5     NY: 1944.100.8577 SNG 282
6 6     NY: 1941.131.416 SNG 283
7 7     Cop SNG 376
8 8     Cop SNG 377
9 9     O
10 10     O
11 11     P: 677
12 12     P: 678
13 13     P: 679
14 14     P: Delepierre
15 15     B
16 16     B
17 17     B
18 18     B
19 19     B
20 20     C McClean 2360
21 21     V: GR 6560
22 22     V: GR 6561
23 23     V: GR 6562
24 24     V: GR 6563
25 25     V: GR 6564
26 26     V: GR 6565
27 27     Mu: 602
28 28     Mu: 603
29 29     Mu: 604
30 30     Palermo = Gabrici 15
31 31     Palermo = Gabrici 16
32 32     Palermo = Gabrici 17
33 33     Palermo = Gabrici 18
34 34     Milan: Arslan 434
35 35     N: 4517
36 36     N: 4518
37 37     N: 4519
38 38     N: 4520
39 39     Calaciati 15
40 40     Calaciati 15
41 41     Mini 8
42 42     PV
43 43     Evalpidis 524
44 44     Leu May 1973, lot 151
45 45     Schweizerische Bankverein Oct. 1977, lot 108
46 46     St 452
47 47     St 453
48 48     Bern: R3940
49 49     Turin: Fabretti 1448
50 50     Künker 318, 11 Mar. 2019, lot 361
51 51     ✸ Naumann 77, 5 May 2019, lot 362
52 52     CGT coll. = CNG 224, 16 Dec. 2009, lot 315 ex J.P. Righetti Coll. 8018
53 53     CGT coll. = Savoca 141st Blue, 27 Aug. 2022, lot 665