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IV.2, 1787 (temporary)
Image of specimen #2
Coin type
URI
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/1787
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Volume
IV.2
Number
1787 (temporary)
Province
Asia
Subprovince
Conventus of Pergamum
Region
Lesbus
City
Mytilene
Reign
Uncertain
Magistrate
Hieroitas (strategos)
Issue
'Pseudo-autonomous': The Antonines
Dating
c. 138–192
Obverse inscription
ΝΑ
Υ
ϹΙΚΑΑΝ ΗΡΩΙΔΑ
Edition
Ναυσικᾶ ἡρωίδα
Translation
Nausicaa the heroine
Obverse design
draped bust of Nausikaa, right
Reverse inscription
Ε
ΠΙ ϹΤΡΑ Ι
Ε
ΡοΙΤΑ Μ
Υ
ΤΙΛ(Η)
Edition
ἐπὶ στρα(τηγοῦ) Ἱεροίτα Μυτιλη(ναίων)
Translation
under the strategos Hieroitas, of the Mytileneans
Reverse design
Sappho seated, right, playing lyre
Metal
copper-based alloy
Average diameter
21 mm
Average weight
4.70 g
Axis
5, 6
Reference
BMC 167, L. Forrer,
RBN
57 (1901), 420, no. 3, L. Bürchner,
ZfN
9 (1882), p. 132
Specimens
9 (7 in the core collections)
Specimens of this coin type
Number
Number
Obverse
Reverse
Museum
Bibliography
Diameter
Weight
Axis
Note
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1
1
L: BMC 167, pl. XXXIX.8
20
3.20
6
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2
2
✸
O
21
4.08
6
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3
3
P: 280
20
5.09
6
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4
4
P: 281
20
4.87
6
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5
5
C
SNG
4385 = Leake 6397, Insular Greece, p. 27.9, ex Waddington, reverse with additional legend variation, ƐΠΙ СΤΡΑ С (or Ɛ?) ..., authenticity doubtful: cast?
22
5.23
6
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6
6
NY: 1944.100.44572
Weber 5693
21
5.77
6
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7
7
V: GR 16969, reverse with additional legend variation: ƐΠΙ СΤΡΑ С (or Ɛ?) …
21
4.48
5
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8
8
Yale: ex PRF
21
5.60
6
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9
9
Weber 5694, not illustrated
21
4.01
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