RPC III, 2435

 

Image of specimen #15

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 2435
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Sala
Reign Trajan
Magistrate Alexandros (priest)
Obverse inscription ϹΑΛΗΝΩΝ
Edition Σαληνῶν
Translation of the Salians
Obverse design bust of Athena wearing crested Corinthian helmet and aegis, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΑΛΕΞ ΙΕΡΕΩϹ
Edition ἐπὶ Ἀλέξ(ανδρου) ἱερέως
Translation under Alexandros, priest
Reverse design Cybele wearing kalathos seated left, holding patera in her right hand, left arm resting on tympanum; at her feet, lion
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 5.09 g
Axis 12
Reference BMC 8–10
Specimens 15 (9 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 8 (and Pl. XXIV, 2)
2 2     L BMC 9
3 3     L BMC 10
4 4     O: Milne 1922
5 5     Cop SNG 417
6 6     Cop SNG 418
7 7     B: Fox
8 8     B: I-B
9 9     B: Löbb.
10 10     Weber 6896 (and Pl. 244)
11 11     SNG vA 3108
12 12     Helios 5, Vogl coll., 25 June 2010, lot 836 (ex Bankhaus Aufhäuser 7, 9-10 Oct. 1990, lot 215)
13 13     Agora Auctions Numismatic 74 (Buggey), 5 June 2018, lot 99
14 14     Agora Auctions Numismatic 74 (Buggey), 5 June 2018, lot 102
15 15     ✸ Leu EA 16, 22 May 2021, lot 2787