RPC III, 2447

 

Image of specimen #16

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 2447
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Sala
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Antinous
Person (rev.) Antinous
Magistrate Gaius Valerius Andronikos
Obverse inscription ΑΝΤΙΝΟΟϹ ΗΡΩϹ
Edition Ἀντίνοος ἥρως
Translation Antinous Hero
Obverse design bare-headed draped bust of Antinous, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Γ ΟΥΑΛ ΑΝΔΡΟ ϹΑΛΗΝΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Γ(αΐου) Οὐαλ(ερίου) Ἀνδρο(νείκου) Σαληνῶν
Translation under Gaius Valerius Andronikos, of the Salians
Reverse design Antinous as 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 22 mm
Average weight 6.37 g
Axis 7, 8
Reference Blum Sala 1
Specimens 20 (10 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1099 (34) Wa 6450
2 2     P: 1099 (34A)
3 3     L BMC 35
4 4     L BMC 36
5 5     L BMC 37
6 6     Mu SNG 459 = Blum pl. III, 13
7 7     V: GR 30932
8 8     B: Löbb.
9 9     B: B-I
10 10     A: 5927
11 11     NY: 1944.100.49381 ex Ratto, 12 May 1925, lot 1210; Ratto, 4 Apr. 1927, lot 2150
12 12     Hirsch XXIV, Consul Weber coll., 10 May 1909, lot 1487 (not illustrated)
13 13     A. Malloy, 15 Mar. 1974, lot 236
14 14     Leu 20, 25–26 Apr. 1978, lot 319
15 15     Triton VIII, 11 Jan. 2005, lot 728 (ex Sternberg XI, 20–21 Nov. 1981, lot 299)
16 16     ✸ CNG 88, 14 Sept. 2011, lot 907
17 17     Hirsch 348, 8 May 2019, lot 772 (ex MZ 90, 1997, lot 224)
18 18     Nomos 19, 17 Nov. 2019, lot 265
19 19     Naumann 83, 3 Nov. 2019, lot 450
20 20     R. Pudill coll.