RPC IV.1, 11894 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 11894 (temporary)
Province Achaea
Region Attica
City Athens
Reign Uncertain
Issue Agora Periods VB and C
Dating c. 120–175
Obverse inscription ΘΕΜΙΣΤΟΚ[ΛΕ]ΟΥΣ
Obverse design helmeted head of Themistocles (bearded), right
Reverse inscription
Reverse design trophy above pile of maritime spoils (prow, rudder etc.)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference Kroll, Agora —, Svoronos, Athens —, H.C. von Mosch, 'Die vielen Gesichter der Lykomidai. Themistokles und Archepolis in Magnesia und Athen', JNG 72 (2022), pp. 13-93, esp. pp. 49–51 and p. 86, no. 40
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Private coll. F. Jarman, Germany
2 2     ✸ Peter Weiß, Kiel
3 3     O: among Renaissance Inventions