RPC II, 995

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 995
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Lydia
City Mostene
Reign Uncertain
Dating First or early second century
Obverse inscription ΘΕΑΝ ΡΩΜΗΝ
Edition Θεὰν Ῥώμην
Translation for the Goddess Roma
Obverse design bust of Roma, right
Reverse inscription ΜΟϹΤΗΝΩΝ
Edition Μοστηνῶν
Translation of the Mostenians
Reverse design goddess standing, left, with two corn-ears and double axe
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 16 mm
Average weight 2.53 g
Axis 12
Reference BMC 5
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)
Note The figure is presumably the city-goddess, as RPC I, 2462 (Nero). Not a complete listing.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 5
2 2     CGT coll. ex G. Rohde coll.
3 3     CGT coll.
4 4     CGT coll. = Savoca 85 Blue, 19 Sept. 2020, lot 1104
5 5     SNG vA 3028
6 6     ✸ Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 27, 4 Jan. 2015, lot 473