RPC III, 2667 (forgery)

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 2667 (forgery)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Synnada
Region Phrygia
City Amorium
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Antinous
Obverse inscription ΑΝΤΙΝΟΟϹ ΗΡΟϹ (sic)
Edition Ἀντίνοος ἥρως
Translation Antinous, hero
Obverse design bare-headed, three-quarter length bust of Antinous, left, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΜΟΡΙΑΝΩΝ
Edition Ἀμοριανῶν
Translation of the Amorians
Reverse design Heracles standing facing, head left, his right hand resting on club, lion skin on his left arm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Reference Blum Amorium 1
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note See M. Amandry, 'Antinoüs RPC III 2408 (Sardes) et 2667 (Amorium): deux cas de regravure d’époque moderne', in F. Stroobants and C. Lauwers (eds), Detur dignissimo. Studies in honour of Johan van Heesch (Bruxelles, 2020), pp. 309–13
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Hirsch XXXI, 6 May 1912, lot 1350