RPC IV.2, 1399 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1399 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Saitta
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Magistrate Okt. Artemidoros (first archon)
Issue Commodus as co-emperor of Marcus or sole ruler
Dating c. 179-180
Obverse inscription ΖƐVϹ ΠΑΤΡΙΟϹ (Ζ reversed)
Obverse design diademed head of Zeus Patrios with traces of drapery, r.
Reverse inscription ƐΠΙ ΑΡΤƐΜΙΔΩΡΟV ΑΡΧ Α ϹΑΙΤΤΗΝΩΝ
Reverse design nude Apollo standing, r., holding plectrum and lyre
Metal Æ
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 6
Reference Hochard 1781, BMC 6–7
Specimens 10 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 6, pl. XXIII.2 Hochard 1781d, pl. 96
2 2     L: BMC 7
4 4     Private coll. CGT
5 5     Aufhäuser 9 (07/10/1992), 178
6 6     MünzZentrum 105 (10/01/2001), 415 = Heidelberger Münzhandlung Herbert Grün 64 (20/11/2014), 1118, ex PRF
7 7     Numismatik Naumann 48 (20/11/2016), 383
8 8     ✸ Pecunem Numismatik Naumann 35 (06/09/2015), 455
9 9     Pecunem Numismatik Naumann 39 (03/01/2016), 627 = GRPCL Saitta 16
10 10     V-ON Leypold I, no. 1156
11 11     Yale: 2004.6.2933, ex PRF Hochard 1781b, pl. 96