RPC III, 2385

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 2385
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Philadelphia
Region Lydia
City Philadelphia
Reign Uncertain
Dating First half of the second century
Obverse inscription ΖΕΥϹ ΚΟΡΥΦΑΙΟϹ
Obverse design head of Zeus Coryphaeus l., bound with taenia
Reverse inscription ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕΩΝ
Reverse design Aphrodite standing facing, head r., clad in long chiton, holding the end of her peplos with her r. hand raised towards the back of her head and apple on her extended r. hand
Metal Æ
Average diameter 20 mm
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference BMC 24
Specimens 10 (5 in the core collections)
Note This type is attributed here to the reign of Trajan due to the identity of obverse with 2370–1.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 24
2 2     ✸ P: 928
3 3     P: 929
4 4     CGT coll., ex Auctiones 23, lot 46
5 5     CGT coll., ex Lars Rutten
6 6     CGT coll., ex eBay Gitbud & Naumann
7 7     B: Graf Prokesch-Osten
8 8     V: GR 37786
9 9     Tübingen SNG 3749
10 10     Winterthur Bloesch 2, no. 3846, ex coll. F. Imhoof-Blumer