RPC II, 1042

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 1042
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Ionia
City Teos
Reign Uncertain
Dating Flavian period?
Obverse inscription ΘΕΟΝ ϹΥΝΚΛΗΤΟΝ
Edition Θεὸν Σύνκλητον
Translation for the divine Senate
Obverse design bust of Senate, right
Reverse inscription ΤΗΙΩΝ
Edition Τηΐων
Translation of the Teians
Reverse design Dionysus standing, left, holding cantharus and thyrsus; below, griffin
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 4.99 g
Axis 12
Specimens 9 (5 in the core collections)
Note Not a complete listing. Coin 1 (P 2902) is overstruck on a coin of Nero (traces of head, r., on rev.; if not a coin of Teos, as RPC I, 2516, perhaps one of Laodicea, as RPC I, 2917). The overstriking (cf. 1043/4 in Winterthur), as well as the die Axis: and the similarity to coins of Domitian, suggests that the coin perhaps belongs to his reign as a smaller denomination.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2902
2 2     L: 1894,1005.25
3 3     V: GR 17907
4 4     Mu: 43b
5 5     Winterthur: G 6942 Schulten 1990, lot 353
6 6     CGT coll.
7 7     CGT coll.
8 8     Cop SNG 1492
9 9     ✸ Jim McLaren coll.