RPC IV.2, 17420 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 17420 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Adramyteum
Region Mysia
City Pionia
Reign Antoninus Pius
Magistrate Louperkos Kai— (strategos for the second time)
Dating c. 147–161
Obverse inscription ΠΙΟΝΕΙΤΩΝ (Ω inverted or shaped as ω)
Edition Πιονείτων
Translation of the Pionians
Obverse design turreted and draped bust of the Tyche of Pionia, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΛΟΥΠΕΡΚΩ(sic) ΚΑΙ
Edition ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγῷ) Λουπέρκῳ Και(—)
Translation under the strategos Louperkos Kai—
Reverse design to left, Hygieia standing, right, feeding serpent from patera; to right, Asclepius standing, facing, head, left, holding serpent-staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 3.53 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference RPC III, 1660
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 18283402, Löbb.
2 2     B: 18283390, Prokesch-Osten
3 3     vA 1561
4 4     A: 1357 J.N. Svoronos JIAN 7 (1904), p. 376 no. 191