RPC IV.2, 1010 (temporary)

 

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