RPC III, 2264

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 2264
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Alabanda
Region Caria
City Trapezopolis
Reign Hadrian
Magistrate Titus Flavius Maximus Lysias (son of the City)
Obverse inscription ΒΟΥΛΗ ΤΡΑΠΕΖΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ
Edition βούλη Τραπεζοπολιτῶν
Translation Council of the Trapezopolitans
Obverse design veiled (and draped) head of Boule, right
Reverse inscription ΔΙΑ Τ ΦΛ ΜΑΞ ΛΥϹΙΟΥ
Edition διὰ Τ(ίτου) Φλ(αουΐου) Μαξ(ίμου) Λυσίου
Translation through Titus Flavius Maximus Lysias
Reverse design Cybele wearing polos and long chiton standing facing between two lions
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 5.20 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference BMC 3
Specimens 8 (1 in the core collections)
Note Sometimes draped - see new ETB specimen
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1894,0706.61 BMC 3 (and pl. XXVII, 5)
2 2     Klagenfurt I-B, NZ XVI (1884), 272/103
3 3     R. Effler coll.
4 4     CGT coll. (ex Naumann 75, 3 Mar. 2019, lot 525)
5 5     ETB coll., ex Naumann 80, 4 Aug. 2019, lot 437
6 6     ✸ Savoca Special Auction 79, 21 June 2020, lot 422
7 7     V-ON Leypold 1457 ('Apamea')
8 8     CGT coll. = Savoca 116th Blue, 23 Oct. 2021, lot 516