RPC II, 1241

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 1241
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Alabanda
Region Caria
City Sebastopolis
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Magistrate Papias, son of Apollonios
Obverse inscription ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΣ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ
Edition Οὐεσπασιανὸς Σεβαστός
Translation Vespasian Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, right
Reverse inscription ΠΑΠΙΑϹ ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΟΥ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ
Edition Παπίας Ἀπολλωνίου Σεβαστοπολιτῶν
Translation Papias, son of Apollonios, of the Sebastopolitans
Reverse design veiled goddess standing facing
Metal bronze
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 5.22 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference Robert 2
Specimens 22 (11 in the core collections)
Note Identity of veiled goddess is not known, see Robert, Etudes Anatoliennes, p. 362; cf. La Carie, pp. 331-2, where he suggests she was an old indigenous goddess perhaps assimilated with Artemis. There are die-links with 1240
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1986,1146.2
2 2     C SNG Lewis 1658
3 3     P: 889 Robert pl. XXVI, 3
4 4     B: I-B KM p. 150, no. 3
5 5     B: Löbb.
6 6     O
7 7     O
8 8     V: GR 37373
9 9     NY: 1944.100.48049
10 10     NY: 1944.100.48050
11 11     Cop SNG 466
12 12     KM p. 150, no. 4 (trade)
13 13 –15     see Robert
16 16     M&M AG 131, lot 68
17 17     Weber 6551
18 18     Kölner Münzkabinett, Nov. 1985, lot 1095
19 19     CGT coll. ex G Rohde
20 20     A. Tricarico coll. (ex Kairos 5, lot 239)
21 21     Freiburg: 328
22 22     ✸ Leu EA 27, 9 Sept. 2023, lot 1238 (ex Victoria Numismatics 3, 22 Nov. 2022, lot 283)