RPC II, 1172A

 

Image of specimen #14

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 1172A
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Halicarnassus
Region Caria
City Cos
Reign Uncertain
Dating Late first or early second century
Obverse inscription
Obverse design draped bust of Tyche, right
Reverse inscription ΚΩΙΩΝ
Edition Κωίων
Translation of the Coans
Reverse design kalathos with corn ears and poppy; to left and right, torch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 13 mm
Average weight 2.32 g
Axis 6, 12
Specimens 14 (6 in the core collections)
Note In RPC II, p. 178, it was said that the fabric and die axis of this series suggested a Flavian or Trajanic date. It was not included in RPC III. The reverse design recalls Domitia’s reverses with kalathos or torches. It is therefore included here.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 217
2 2     L: BNK,G.649 BMC 218
3 3     L: 1961,0301.352
4 4     L: 1961,0301.353
5 5     B: Fox
6 6     B: Fox
7 7     Karlsruhe
8 8     Tübingen SNG 3532
9 9     Göttingen: D7 70.12
10 10     Cos
11 11     Cos
12 12     Cos
13 13     Cos
14 14     ✸ P. Requier coll. = Naumann 44, 7 June 2016, lot 651