RPC III, 2576

 

Image of specimen #11

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 2576
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Phrygia
City Dionysopolis
Reign Hadrian
Issue Coinage without imperial portrait
Obverse inscription
Obverse design head of Silenus crowned with ivy-leaves and berries right
Reverse inscription ΔΙΟΝΥϹΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition Διονυσοπολειτῶν
Translation of the Dionysopolitans
Reverse design cista mystica with half-open lid, from which serpent issues left; behind cista, thyrsus slanting left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 15 mm
Average weight 2.07 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference vA, Phryg. II, 35–43
Specimens 11 (7 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1883,0402.3 BMC 13 (and Pl. XXIII, 7)
2 2     P: 940
3 3     P: 948 Wa 5933
4 4     P: 948a (S de R)
5 5     Cop SNG 347
6 6     Go
7 7     B: Fox
8 8     B: I-B KM 218/2
9 9     SNG vA 3536
10 10     R. Pudill coll. (ex Concordia Numismatic 5, 17 June 2023, lot 459)
11 11     ✸ Biga Numismatics EA 33, 14–15 Sept. 2024, lot 541