RPC III, 1909

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 1909
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 ΟΒΟΛΟϹ
Edition ὀβολός
Translation obol
Obverse design sphinx seated right, lifting right paw over prow of galley
Reverse inscription ΧΙΩΝ
Edition Χίων
Translation of the Chians
Reverse design male nude figure, standing on a base, with a vine wreath on his head standing front with left arm draped and leaning on a staff; helmet to left; (star in exergue)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 9.68 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference Mavrogordato 110β
Specimens 18 (13 in the core collections)
Note Lagos subdivided the coins into two groups 1-7 and 8-14. For the identification of the figure as Oinopion, see 1903

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1949,0411.936 (ex Mavrogordato)
2 2     ✸ C: McClean 8385 McClean 8385
3 3     C: Leake
4 4     C: Lewis 1348
5 5     G SNG 1399
6 6     P: 3213
7 7     MM 76, Lafaille coll., 19–20 Sept. 1991, lot 489
8 8     V: GR 17996
9 9     L BMC 109
10 10     Cop SNG 1645
11 11     P: 3212
12 12     Mu: 3269
13 13     Bankhaus Aufhäuser Auction 9, Oct. 1992 lot 157 = Helios Numismatik 5, 25 June 2010, lot 749
14 14     Kricheldorf, Stuttgart, Auction XXII, Feb. 1971 lot 100
15 15     CGT coll. = Pecunem 21, 7 Sept. 2014, lot 386
16 16     V: GR 17997
17 17     SNG vA 2281
18 18     Mu: 51a. 1479