RPC III, 2186

 

Image of specimen #15

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 2186
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Alabanda
Region Caria
City Rhodes
Reign Uncertain
Issue Coinage without imperial portrait
Dating Nerva/Trajan
Obverse inscription ΡΟΔΙΟΙ ΥΠΕΡ ΤΩΝ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΩΝ
Edition Ῥόδιοι ὑπὲρ τῶν Σεβαστῶν
Translation the Rhodians for the Augusti
Obverse design radiate head of Helios, right
Reverse inscription ΔΙΔΡΑΧΜΟΝ
Edition διδράχμον
Translation didrachm
Reverse design Nike standing left crowning trophy
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 20.43 g
Axis 12
Reference BMC 394–8
Specimens 16 (7 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 394
2 2     L BMC 395
3 3     L BMC 396
4 4     L BMC 397
5 5     L BMC 398
6 6     P: 1667
7 7     Cop SNG 892
8 8     SNG vA 2854
9 9     RHJA coll. (ex Kress 179, 17–18 Mar. 1981, lot 516)
10 10 –11     Sternberg 25–26 Nov. 1976, lot 111
11 11     Sternberg 25–26 Nov. 1976, lot 112
12 12     Waddell 1, 9 Dec. 1982, lot 254
13 13     Triton V, 1, The Freedman coll., 15 Jan. 2002, lot 499 (ex Sternberg XI, 20–21 Nov. 1981, lot 292)
14 14     T. Buggey coll., ex New York Sale XVII, 9 Jan. 2008, lot 134 = CNG 105, 10 May 2017, lot 578 = Agora Auctions Numismatic 74, 5 June 2018, lot 112
15 15     ✸ Stack’s, 22 Apr. 2009, lot 1139 = CNG Triton XXIII, 14 Jan. 2020, lot 444