RPC II, 1183

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 1183
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Alabanda
Region Caria
City Rhodes
Reign Uncertain
Dating Late first century AD?
Obverse inscription
Obverse design radiate head of Helios, right
Reverse inscription ΡΟΔΙΩΝ
Reverse design female figure standing front (Artemis?), radiate, veiled(?), left hand on breast
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Axis 6
Reference BMC 402; Cop 905
Specimens 8 (4 in the core collections)
Note For a discussion of figure on rev., see Imhoof-Blumer, Nomisma 8 (1913), pp. 9-11, A. Laumonier, Les cultes indigènes en Carie (Paris, 1958), pp. 680-1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 402
2 2     Cop SNG 905
3 3     Turin: DC 24398
4 4     G SNG 1893
5 5     A
6 6     O
7 7     Lanz 131, 27 Nov. 2006, lot 781
8 8     ✸ Künker 133, 11 Oct. 2007, lot 7637 (ex Bankhaus Aufhäuser 10, 1993, lot 218)