RPC IV.2, 1259 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1259 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Iulia Gordus
Reign Uncertain
Issue 'Pseudo-autonomous': The Antonines
Dating c. 138–192
Obverse inscription ΙΕΡΑ ϹΥΝΚΛΗΤοc
Obverse design draped bust of the Senate (youthful), right
Reverse inscription ΙοΥΛΙΕΩΝ ΓοΡΔΗΝΩΝ
Reverse design Mên standing, left, wearing Phrygian cap, holding patera and long sceptre; behind his shoulders, crescent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Axis 1, 6, 7
Reference Hochard 556, BMC 5
Specimens 10 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 5
2 2     Mu SNG 187 = J. Hirsch 21 (16/11/1908), coll. Consul Weber, 3320, not illustrated = Hochard 556c, pl. 28
3 3     B: 545/00 Hochard 556a, pl. 28
4 4     P. de Saxe-Cobourg, RN 1891, 4, no. 13, pl. II.13 (drawing)
5 5     Private coll. ETB
6 6     Private coll. CGT, ex Gerhard Rohde
7 7     Private coll. CGT
8 8     GRPCL Gordus-Julia 21
9 9     A: 94/5819γ
10 10     Private coll. H. I., ex Biga Numismatics Online Auction 12 (05/11/2022), 179