RPC III, 1895

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 1895
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Ionia
City Chios
Reign Uncertain
Issue Group IIIB: reign of Trajan or Hadrian?
Dating First half of the second century
Obverse inscription ΤΡΙΑ ΑϹϹΑΡΙΑ
Edition τρία ἀσσάρια
Translation three assaria
Obverse design sphinx seated left, with front paws placed on top of the front of a galley
Reverse inscription ΧΙΩΝ
Edition Χίων
Translation of the Chians
Reverse design standing figures of Apollo and Dionysus facing front, with small altar with flame between them at their feet
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 13.85 g
Axis 6
Reference Mavrogordato 109α
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Note For Apollo with Dionysus, see Lagos, pp. 606-7.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     V: GR 17976
2 2     ✸ CGT coll., ex VAuction 283, 21 June 2012, lot 66