RPC II, 1144A

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 1144A
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Miletus
Region Ionia
City Priene
Reign Uncertain
Obverse inscription ΒΙΑϹ
Edition Βίας
Translation Bias
Obverse design draped bust of Bias (bearded), right
Reverse inscription ΠΡΙΗΝΕΩΝ (facing outward)
Edition Πριηνέων
Translation of the Prieneans
Reverse design Mên standing, facing, head, left, wearing Phrygian cap, holding pine cone and long sceptre; behind his shoulders, crescent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 17 mm
Average weight 4.12 g
Axis 7, 8
Reference Regling, Priene 185, KM 94, no. 4, F. Bürchner, ZfN 9 (1882), p. 121
Specimens 10 (5 in the core collections)
Die-links 5–7: same pair of dies.
Note Dated by Regling as '2. bis frühes 3. Jahrh.?'. The letter forms suggests the Flavian period, so moved from RPC IV online to II..
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: (Fox)
2 2     B: (Fox)
3 3     B: (Löbb)
4 4     B
5 5     B: 1902/1048 Regling, Priene 185, pl. IV
6 6     Bern: Righetti 892
7 7     Aufhäuser 11, 21 March 1995, lot 107
8 8     Coll. Imhoof-Blumer = KM 94, no. 4
9 9     ✸ Naumann 53, 7 May 2017, lot 461 = Leu 3, 27 Oct. 2018, lot 160 (arguing for a Flavian date)
10 10     Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 8, 6 Oct. 2013, lot 214