RPC III, 2484

 

Image of specimen #18

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 2484
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Phrygia
City Grimenothyrae
Reign Trajan
Magistrate Lucius Tullius Per— (epimeletes)
Obverse inscription ΕΠΙ Λ(ΟΥΚΙ) ΤΥΛ(ΛΙΟΥ)
Edition ἐπι(μελητοῦ) Λουκί(ου) Τυλλίου
Translation of the curator Lucius Tullius
Obverse design head of Zeus with taenia, right
Reverse inscription ΓΡΙΜΕΝΟΘΥΡΕΩΝ
Edition Γριμενοθυρέων
Translation of the Grimenothyraeans
Reverse design Athena standing right, resting on spear with her right hand, left on shield set on ground
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 4.89 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference vA, Phryg., 349–62, 365–8
Specimens 25 (13 in the core collections)
Note The reading of 13 is not clear

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 2
2 2     L BMC 3
3 3     L BMC 4
4 4     L: 1979,0101.2226 ex SNG vA 3600
5 5     P: 1153 Wa 6050
6 6     P: 1154 Wa 6051
7 7     V: GR 19606
8 8     V: GR 34028 ex Hirsch XXI, Consul Weber, 16 Nov. 1908, lot 3525
9 9     V-ON SNG Leypold 4015
10 10     A
11 11     Tübingen SNG 4015
12 12     B: 17995
13 13     B: 682/1878
14 14     B: Löbb.
15 15     B
16 16     Istanbul
17 17     Istanbul
18 18     ✸ NY: 1944.100.50417
19 19     Boston: 63.801
20 20     Bologna
21 21     Formerly Bennett coll.
22 22     Agora Auctions Numismatic 74 (Buggey), 5 June 2018, lot 115
23 23     Agora Auctions Numismatic 74 (Buggey), 5 June 2018, lot 116
24 24     CGT coll. = Savoca 89 Blue, 7 Nov. 2020, lot 1079
25 25     CGT coll. = Zeus EA 17, 5 June 2021, lot 358