RPC III, 1969

 

Image of specimen #56

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 1969
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Ionia
City Smyrna
Reign Uncertain
Issue Without magistrate name
Dating First half of the second century
Obverse inscription ϹΙΠΥΛΗΝΗ
Obverse design turreted head of Cybele Sipylene, right
Reverse inscription ΖΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ
Reverse design Tyche with kalathos standing left, holding patera in right hand and cornucopia in left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 16 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference Klose VIII Serie A, 2–13
Specimens 56 (8 in the core collections)
Note Klose 2/13: now G SNG 1502; Klose 6: now G SNG 1503; Klose 12/1: 2488A (not 2498)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 160
2 2     O
3 3     O
4 4     O
5 5     O
6 6     O
7 7     O
8 8 –53     See Klose 2/4–2/6–13
54 54     SNG vA 2184
55 55     C: CM.3974-2007 ex Mossop
56 56     ✸ CGT coll. = Naumann 99, 7 Feb. 2021, lot 462 Naumann = 97, 6 Dec. 2020, lot 1424 ex Plankenhorn coll.