RPC II, 958


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/2/958 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	II
Number	958
Province	Asia
Subprovince	Conventus of Pergamum
Region	Ionia
City	Chios
Reign	Uncertain
Issue	With Homer
Dating	Late first century AD?
Obverse inscription
Obverse design	Sphinx seated, left or right (with cantharus)
Reverse inscription	ΟΜΗΡΟϹ ΧΙΟϹ
Reverse design	Homer seated, left, holding book
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	19 mm
Axis	9
Reference	Mavrogordato 98–9
Specimens	3 (3 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸	L	BMC 139	19	5.22		Sphinx, l., with cantharus, Mavrogordato 99	Show
2	2	Cop	SNG 1642		4.10	9	Sphinx, r., Mavrogordato 98	Show
3	3	B			3.74			Show