RPC III, 2430

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 2430
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Sala
Reign Trajan
Magistrate Meliton, son of Salas (archon)
Obverse inscription ΙΕΡΑ ϹΥΝΚΛΗΤΟϹ
Edition Ἱερὰ Σύνκλητος
Translation Sacred Senate
Obverse design draped bust of Senate, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΜΕΛΙΤΩΝ ϹΑΛ(Α) ΑΡ(Χ) ϹΑΛΗΝΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Μελίτων(ος) Σάλα ἄρχ(οντος) Σαληνῶν
Translation under archon Meliton, son of Salas, of the Salenans
Reverse design Dionysus naked to waist, himation over lower limbs, standing cross-legged right, holding a bunch of grapes in right hand and a cantharus in his left hand leaning on a column
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 7.85 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference BMC 1
Specimens 9 (3 in the core collections)
Note The new /5 has the slightly longer ϹΑΛΛ or ϹΑΛΑ. Since the name ΣΑΛΑΜΩΝ occurs on later coins of Sala, the name of the magistrate here has been changed to Meliton Sala(-monos, or possibly -mon)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 1
2 2     Bern: Righetti 1076
3 3     V-ON SNG Leypold 1181
4 4     Mu: 26720 SNG 452 = ex Consul Weber 3374
5 5     CGT coll., ex eBay Lanz 2018
6 6     P: 1099.14
7 7     ✸ Savoca 15 Blue, 19–20 Jan. 2019, lot 1112
8 8     Hirsch 355, 12 Feb. 2020, lot 1821
9 9     T. Mullally coll.