RPC III, 1968

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 1968
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Ionia
City Smyrna
Reign Uncertain
Magistrate Bion (strategos)
Dating First half of the second century
Obverse inscription ΖΜΥΡ
Obverse design head of young Dionysus, right bound with ivy-wreath
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΒΙΩΝΟϹ
Reverse design poppy-head between two ears of corn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 13 mm
Reference Klose V Serie C, 21–22
Specimens 35 (1 in the core collections)
Note Klose 21/7: NY 74.26.1031, 7 (not 12); Klose 21/14: now G SNG 1501; Klose 21/17: NY 1944.100.46950, axis: 7 (not 12); Klose 21/25: NY 1944.100.46951, 3.10 (not 3.40), 7 (not 12); Klose 21/22: A:393ια

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: Delepierre Klose 22/7
2 2 –35     see Klose 21–22/6