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Image of specimen #1 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/450 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | III |
Number | 450 |
Province | Achaea |
Region | Phocis |
City | Anticyra |
Reign | Uncertain |
Issue | Coinage without imperial portrait |
Dating | Hadrian? |
Obverse inscription | |
Obverse design | head of Poseidon, right, trident at shoulder |
Reverse inscription | ΑΝΤΙΚΥΡΕΩΝ |
Edition | Ἀντικυρέων |
Translation | of the Anticyreans |
Reverse design | Artemis clad in short chiton advancing right, quiver at right shoulder, holding bow in right hand and torch in left; beside her, dog |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 21 mm |
Average weight | 7.36 g |
Reference | NCP 124/1–2 |
Specimens | 4 (3 in the core collections) |
Note | In the NAC catalogue, the series is dated to the period of Ptolemaic involvment in the area after 212 BC. The argument of the fabric does not carry much weight. |