RPC IV.2, 1010 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1010 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Ionia
City Teos
Reign Commodus
Magistrate Kriton Askle[piadou] (strategos)
Dating soon after October 180
Obverse inscription ΤΗΙΩΝ
Obverse design draped bearded male bust (Poseidon or Anakreon?), r.; to l., uncertain object (trident or thyrsus?)
Reverse inscription ϹΤΡΑ ΚΡΙΤΩΝΟϹ
Reverse design cista mystica with half-open lid out of which serpent creeps, r.
Metal Æ
Average diameter 18 mm
Axis 5
Reference KM 99, no. 19
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: I-B KM 99, no. 19, pl. III.25
2 2     V: GR 17903, authenticity doubtful: cast