RPC IV.2, 11435 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 11435 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Ionia
City Smyrna
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Issue 'Pseudo-autonomous': without personal name but associated through shared dies with coins of the sophist Claudius Proklos, strategos
Dating c. 161–166
Obverse inscription ϹΜΥΡΝΑ
Obverse design turreted and draped bust of Amazon Smyrna, left, carrying double axe over shoulder
Reverse inscription ϹΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ
Reverse design griffin standing, right, placing left forepaw on wheel
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 17 mm
Axis 6
Reference Klose VII, Serie A, 26
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
8 8     ✸ G: II, 372, no. 144 SNG I, no. 1552 = Klose VII, Serie A, 26, pl. 10 (R21)