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 Octavius Artemidoros (first archon)
Issue Commodus as co-emperor of Marcus or sole ruler
Dating c. 179–180
Obverse inscription ΖΕΥϹ ΠΑΤΡΙΟϹ (Ζ reversed)
Edition Ζεύς Πατριος
Translation Zeus Patrios
Obverse design diademed head of Zeus Patrios with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΑΡΤΕΜΙΔΩΡΟΥ ΑΡΧ Α ϹΑΙΤΤΗΝΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Ἀρτεμιδώρου ἄρχ(οντος) αʹ Σαϊττηνῶν
Translation under Artemidoros, first archon of the Saittaeans
Reverse design nude Apollo standing, right, holding plectrum and lyre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 8.87 g
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