RPC II, 983

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 983
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Aeolis
City Temnus
Reign Domitian
Magistrate Zoilos (strategos and son of the City)
Obverse inscription ΤΗΜΝΙΤΩΝ
Edition Τημνιτῶν
Translation of the Temnians
Obverse design Aphrodite standing facing, head right, raising both arms, left elbow leaning on column
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΖΩΙΛΟΥ
Edition ἐπὶ Ζωΐλου
Translation under Zoilos
Reverse design river god reclining left, holding reed and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 15 mm
Average weight 2.33 g
Axis 10, 11, 12
Reference Imhoof-Blumer, ZfN 20/3-4 (1897), p. 283, BMC 11
Specimens 10 (4 in the core collections)
Note Not a complete listing.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: HPB,p100.n7 BMC 11 ('about 200 AD')
2 2     B: I-B FM no. 258
4 4     Mu: 612
5 5     CGT coll.
6 6     CGT coll. (ex Savoca 10 Blue, 29 Sept. 2018, lot 932)
7 7     Roma Numismatics EA 74, 20 Aug. 2020, lot 546
8 8     ✸ H.I. coll. (ex Savoca 15 Blue, lot 1062)
9 9     Mu: 3
10 10     CNG EA 536, 12 Apr. 2023, lot 336
11 11     D. Kinney coll. (ex Concordia 4, 12 May 2023, lot 1295)