RPC III, 459

 

Image of specimen #23

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 459
Province Achaea
Region Thessaly
City Koinon of Thessaly
Reign Hadrian
Magistrate Ulpius Nikomachos (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΑΧΙΛΛΕΥϹ
Edition Ἀχιλλεὺς
Translation Achilles
Obverse design helmeted head of Achilles, right (Pegasos on helmet)
Reverse inscription ϹΤΡΑ ΝΙΚΟΜΑΧΟΥ
Edition στρα(τηγοῦ) Νικομάχου
Translation of the strategos Nicomachus
Reverse design horse walking, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 14 mm
Average weight 2.66 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference Burrer 151–155
Specimens 31 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     BCD
2 2 –22     see Burrer
23 23     ✸ Triton XV, BCD coll., 3 Jan. 2012, lot 956.2 = CNG Triton XXIV, 19 Jan. 2021, lot 897
24 24     BCD (A40, R126)
25 25     BCD (A41, R126)
26 26     BCD (A41, R126)
27 27     CNG EA 569, 28 Aug. 2024, lot 335 = BCD (A41, R128)
28 28     Künker 326, 7 Oct. 2019, lot 348 (ex NAC D, 1994, lot 1406; CNG EA 429, BCD coll., 2018, lot 261)
29 29     BCD (A41, R129)
30 30     BCD (A41, R129)
31 31     CGT coll.