RPC IV, 1813


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/1813 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	IV.2
Number	1813 (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	ΛΕϹΒΩΝΑΚΤΑ ΦΙΛΟϹΟΦοΝ
Edition	Λεσβωνάκτα φιλόσοφον
Translation	for Lesbonax philosopher
Obverse design	head of the philosopher Lesbonax (bearded) with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription	ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡΑ ΙΕΡΟΙΤΑ ΜΥΤΙΛΗ
Edition	ἐπὶ στρα(τηγοῦ) Ἱεροίτα Μυτιλη(ναίων)
Translation	under the strategos Hieroitas, of the Mytileneans
Reverse design	bearded male figure (Potamon?) standing, left, raising arm, holding uncertain object
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	23 mm
Average weight	5.49 g
Axis	6
Reference	F. Bürchner, ZfN 9 (1882), pp. 128–9
Specimens	4 (4 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	More
1	1 ✸	L: 1979-1-1-1691	vA 1751	23	6.21	6	Show
2	2	B: 11879	F. Bürchner, ZfN 9 (1882), pp. 128–9, pl. IV.27–8	23	5.15	6	Show
3	3	B: Fox		23	4.64	6	Show
4	4	P: 279		23	5.12	6	Show