RPC II, 1305

 

Image of specimen #19

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 1305
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Sardis
Reign Vespasian
Magistrate Titus Clodius Eprius Marcellus (proconsul for the second time) ; Tiberius Claudius Philinus (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΤΙ ΚΛΑ(Υ) ΦΙΛ(Ε)ΙΝΟΥ ϹΤΡΑ
Obverse design helmeted and draped bust of Roma(?) with aegis, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΜΑΡΚΕΛΛΟΥ ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ ΤΟ Β
Reverse design temple with four columns
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference BMC 67; Stumpf 313–15
Specimens 20 (9 in the core collections)
Note Overstrikes: 3 and 11 are struck over coins of Nero from Apollonoshieron (as RPC I, 3045); 5, 8 and 11 are overstruck on Nero from Sardis; 1 is probably also overstruck.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 67
2 2     L BMC 68
3 3     L BMC 69
4 4     L: 1913,1204.12
5 5     P: 1173 Wa 5216
6 6     B: Löbb.
7 7     B: I-B MG p. 388, no. 31
8 8     B: 503/1896 Stumpf 317
9 9     O
10 10     SNG vA 3137
11 11     Sardis excavations = Johnston, Sardis 247
12 12 –13     Sardis excavations = Johnston, Sardis 248
14 14     CGT coll.
15 15     CGT coll.
16 16     CGT coll.
17 17     CGT coll.
18 18     A. Tricarico coll. (ex Savoca 25th Silver Auction, 16 Sept. 2018, lot 502)
19 19     ✸ J. Clark coll.
20 20     CNG EA 461, 12 Feb. 2020, lot 279