RPC II, 1306

 

Image of specimen #13

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 1306
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Sardis
Reign Vespasian
Magistrate Titus Clodius Eprius Marcellus (proconsul) ; Tiberius Claudius Philinus (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΤΙ ΚΛΑ(Υ) ΦΙΛ(Ε)ΙΝΟΥ ϹΤΡΑ
Edition ἐπὶ Τι(βερίου) Κλαυ(δίου) Φιλείνου στρα(τηγοῦ)
Translation under Tiberius Claudius Philinus strategos
Obverse design helmeted and draped bust of Roma(?) with aegis, left
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΜΑΡΚΕΛΛΟΥ ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ ΤΟ Β
Edition ἐπὶ Μάρκελλου Σαρδιανῶν τὸ βʹ
Translation under Marcellus, of the Sardians, for the second time
Reverse design temple with four columns
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 4.46 g
Axis 1, 5, 6, 12
Reference Cop 505; Stumpf 316, 318
Specimens 15 (5 in the core collections)
Note Overstrikes: 1 and 2 are struck over a coin of Nero from Sardis (RPC I, 300/6); 3, 5 and perhaps 8 are also overstruck.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B GM p. 722, no. 616 = Stumpf 316
2 2     P: 1172 Wa 5215
3 3     V: GR 19559
4 4     V: GR 34296
5 5     Winterthur: G 6707 Schulten 25 Oct. 1984, lot 181
6 6     Cop SNG 505
7 7     Yale: 2004.6.388 PRF coll. = Stumpf 318
8 8     Sardis excavations = Johnston, Sardis 248
9 9     Yale: 2004.6.389
10 10     CGTColl.
11 11     CGT coll.
12 12     CGT coll.
13 13     ✸ A. Tricarico coll. (ex Kairos 2, lot 281)
14 14     Naumann 67, 1 July 2018, lot 366
15 15     J. Clark coll.