RPC III, 2385

 

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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
Edition Ζεύς Κορυφαῖος
Translation Zeus Koryphaeus
Obverse design head of Zeus Coryphaeus left, bound with taenia
Reverse inscription ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕΩΝ
Edition Φιλαδελφέων
Translation of the Philadelphians
Reverse design Aphrodite standing facing, head right, clad in long chiton, holding the end of her peplos with her right hand raised towards the back of her head and apple on her extended right hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 5.05 g
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.
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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