RPC II, 1210

 

Image of specimen #15

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 1210
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Alabanda
Region Caria
City Orthosia
Reign Uncertain
Dating Flavian period?
Obverse inscription ΟΡΘΩΣΙΕΩΝ
Edition Ὀρθωσιέων
Translation of the Orthosians
Obverse design head of Dionysus, right
Reverse inscription
Reverse design panther, right; thyrsus behind
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 15 mm
Average weight 3.46 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference BMC 5
Specimens 22 (14 in the core collections)
Note Perhaps reign of Vespasian.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 865
2 2     P: Seymour de Ricci 498
3 3     L: HPB,p116.n1 BMC 5
4 4     L: 1840,1215.144 BMC 6
5 5     O
6 6     O
7 7     B
8 8     B
9 9     Cop SNG 456
10 10     Cop SNG 457
11 11     V: GR 27496
12 12     V: GR 31066
13 13     C: 327/1948
14 14     SNG vA 8123
15 15     ✸ CGT coll. = Savoca 37th Silver Auction, 29 Sept. 2019, lot 211
16 16     Tübingen: coll. Hommel SNG 3462
17 17     Winterthur Bloesch 2, no. 3520
18 18     V-ON Leypold I, no. 840
19 19     Aphrodisias 367
20 20     NY: 1944.100.48047
21 21     CGT coll.
22 22     A. Tricarico coll. (ex Savoca 152nd Blue Auction, 7 Jan. 2023, lot 1208)