RPC III, 2426

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 2426
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Maeonia
Reign Hadrian
Magistrate Apollonios (archon for the second time)
Obverse inscription ΖΕΥϹ ΟΛΥΝΠΙΟϹ
Edition Ζεύς Ὀλυνπιος
Translation Zeus Olympios
Obverse design draped bust of Zeus Olympios, left, wearing taenia
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΑΠΟΛ ΤΟ Β ΜΑΙΟΝΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Ἀπολ(λωνίου) τὸ βʹ Μαιόνων
Translation under Apollonios for the second time, of the Maeonians
Reverse design Roma, wearing crested helmet, seated left on cuirass, holding Nike on her extended right hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 8.91 g
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference Hochard 1284 corr.
Specimens 13 (3 in the core collections)
Note The reverse has been changed to Roma, rather than Athena, to be consistent with III, 2477B, 2835 and IV, 2715..Some specimens were previously catalogued in RPC IV, temporary number 9540 (now deleted).
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Mu SNG 300
2 2     B: Löbb.
3 3     ✸ CNG EA 378, 3 July 2016, lot 325
4 4     Yale: ex PRF
5 5     Tübingen SNG 3719
6 6     Winterthur Bloesch 2, no. 3808
7 7     Afyon: Inv. 1991
8 8     SNG Tatış I, no. 592
9 9     Erlangen Zwicker 3, no. 1565
10 10     Aufhäuser 7, 9 Sept. 1990, lot 211
11 11     Künker 59, 26 Sept. 2000, lot 242 = Hirsch 215, 2 May 2001, lot 325
12 12     V: GR 19436
13 13     Boston: 64.156