RPC III, 1896

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 1896
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 ΧΙΩΝ
Edition Χίων
Translation of the Chians
Obverse design sphinx seated left, with front paws placed on the prow of a galley
Reverse inscription ΑϹϹΑΡΙΝ ΗΜΙϹΥ
Edition ἀσσάριν ἥμισυ
Translation half-assarion
Reverse design two crossed thyrsoi; all within vine wreath with a small bunch of grapes hanging inside from the top of the wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 7.62 g
Reference Mavrogordato 109β
Specimens 6 (5 in the core collections)
Note Included by Mavrogordato in his group 108γ. Lagos gives the legend as ΑϹϹΑΡΕΝ ΑΜΙΣΥ (sic).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 3168
2 2     V: GR 17988 Mavrogordato, 1918, Pl. 1.9. fig. 2
3 3     B: I-B
4 4     B: P-O
5 5     B: Löbb.
6 6     ✸ MM Deutschland 13, Righetti III, 9 Oct. 2003, lot 387