RPC III, 2398

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 2398
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Sardis
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Marciana (Augusta)
Obverse inscription ΜΑΡΚΙΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Edition Μαρκια(νὰ) Σεβαστή
Translation Marciana Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Marciana, right
Reverse inscription ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ ΠΕΛΟΨ
Edition Σαρδιανῶν Πέλοψ
Translation of the Sardians, Pelops
Reverse design Pelops, clad in chiton, galloping on horse right, brandishing whip in raised right hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 4.63 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference BMC 132–3, Sardis 283
Specimens 23 (9 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 132 (and Pl. XXVI, 7)
2 2     L BMC 133
3 3     P: 1232
4 4     P: 1233
5 5     P: 1234 Wa 5252
6 6     Winterthur GrMW 3935
7 7     V: GR 19571
8 8     B: I-B
9 9     B: 18203455, I-B
10 10     NY: 1944.100.49446
11 11     Hess 211, 9 May 1932, lot 2088
12 12     Glendining, Lockett coll., 21–3 Feb. 1961, lot 3051
13 13     Sternberg XI, 20–21 Nov. 1981, lot 301
14 14     Lanz 117, 24 Nov. 2003, lot 702, ex Hauck and Aufhäuser 14, 6-7 Oct. 1998, lot 324
15 15     ✸ Moruzzi Numismatica, Flavia 2007, Catalogi di vendita a prezzi netti, lot 7 (ex Hauck and Aufhäuser 16, 16–17 Oct. 2001, lot 318; Lanz 123, 30 May 2005, lot 570)
16 16     Elvers coll., ex MM Deutschland 32, 26 May 2010, lot 248
17 17     Sardis 283
18 18     Helios 5, Vogl coll., 25 June 2010, lot 851
19 19     CNG EA 258, 22 June 2011, lot 266
20 20     Tatiș (SNG Turkey 10) 794
21 21     Istanbul Gökyıldırım 596
22 22     Agora Auctions Numismatic 74 (Buggey), 5 June 2018, lot 103, ex Numismatik Naumann Auction 52, lot 1279
23 23     Demos 10, 14 May 2022, lot 549 (Matidia, Cotiaeum)