RPC III, 1907

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 1907
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Ionia
City Chios
Reign Uncertain
Issue Group IIID: 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 right, lifting right paw over prow of 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; (star in exergue)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 16.08 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference Mavrogordato 110α, 111, 105
Specimens 20 (14 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 122
2 2     L BMC 123
3 3     L BMC 124
4 4     C
5 5     ✸ P: 3197
6 6     P: 3200
7 7     V: GR 17977
8 8     B: I-B
9 9     Baldwin, London stock
10 10     Bankhaus Aufhäuser, 5 Oct. 1988, lot 117
11 11     C: Lewis 1349
12 12     V: GR 17973
13 13     G SNG 1394
14 14     B: Löbb.
15 15     P: 3218 (6)
16 16     Sternberg VII, 24 Nov. 1977, lot 124
17 17     NY: 1944.100.47261
18 18     Naumann 65, 6 May 2018, lot 351
19 19     Leu EA 26, 9 July 2023, lot 2218 (ex Leu EA 19, 26 Feb. 2022, lot 2110)
20 20     Solidus 105, 13 Sept. 2022, lot 296