RPC III, 2543B

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 2543B
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Saitta
Reign Hadrian
Magistrate Claudius Machairion (archon)
Obverse inscription ΖΕΥϹ ΠΑΤΡΙΟϹ
Edition Ζεύς Πάτριος
Translation ancestral Zeus
Obverse design bust of Zeus Patrios, wearing taenia, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΚΛ ΜΑΧΑΙΡΙΩΝΟϹ ΑΡΧ ϹΑΙΤΤΗΝΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Κλ(αυδίου) Μαχαιρίωνος ἄρχ(οντος) Σαϊττηνῶν
Translation under Claudius Machairion archon, of the Saittians
Reverse design Mên standing left, holding pine cone on his right hand, left resting on staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 9.00 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference BMC 4, GM 613
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
Note P. Weiss, 'Hadrian in Lydien', Chiron 25 (1995), pp. 213-24, followed by Birley, p. 168. This type was previously RPC IV, temporary number 1403.
Addition Additional coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1895,0508.24 BMC 4
2 2     B Imhoof-Blumer, GM 613
3 3     B: Prokesch-Osten
4 4     SNG vA 3087
5 5     ✸ Naumann 98, 3 Jan. 2012, lot 531