RPC III, 2397

 

Image of specimen #12

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 2397
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Sardis
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Plotina (Augusta)
Obverse inscription ΠΛΩΤΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Edition Πλωτεῖνα Σεβαστή
Translation Plotina Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Plotina, right
Reverse inscription ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ
Edition Σαρδιανῶν
Translation of the Sardians
Reverse design Pelops, clad in chiton, galloping right, brandishing whip in raised right hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 4.60 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference SNG Mu 518, Sardis 284
Specimens 12 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1237
2 2     Winterthur GrMW 3934
3 3     V: GR 19570
4 4     Mu SNG 518
5 5     Hirsch 231, 26–28 Nov. 2004, lot 674
6 6     Sardis 284
7 7     Sardis 284
8 8     Rauch Summer 2013, 18 Sept. 2013, lot 605
9 9     CNG 102, 18 May 2016‏, lot 736 (ex Knopek 15-16, 7 Dec. 1979, lot 387; Gorny and Mosch 204, 5 Mar. 2012, lot 1789; T. Cederlind 165, 1 Aug. 2012, lot 153)
10 10     CGT coll., ex JHE Auction 19, 11 March 2014, lot 45 ex CNG EA 69, 8 June 2005, lot 1003
11 11     Agora Auctions Numismatic 74 (Buggey), 5 June 2018, lot 104, ex Numismatik Naumann Auction 52, lot 1277
12 12     ✸ Künker 318, 11 Mar. 2019, lot 1210