RPC IV.2, 1899 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1899 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cibyra
Region Phrygia
City Colossae
Reign Uncertain
Issue 'Pseudo-autonomous': Second half of second century AD
Dating c. 150–200
Obverse inscription ΔΗΜΟϹ ΚΟΛΟϹ(Ϲ)ΗΝΩΝ
Edition Δῆμος Κολοσσηνῶν
Translation People of the Colossaeans
Obverse design laureate head of the Demos (youthful), right
Reverse inscription ΚοΛοϹϹΗΝΩΝ
Edition Κολοσσηνῶν
Translation of the Colossaeans
Reverse design radiate-headed Helios standing in galloping quadriga, facing, wearing radiate crown, holding torch and globe
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 15.46 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference vA Phryg. II, 496–506, BMC 5, Martin, Demos, Colossae 8$
Specimens 19 (6 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Istanbul vA Phryg. I, 496, pl. 16
2 2     Mu SNG 307
3 3     ✸ L: 1979-1-1-2189 SNG vA 3765 = vA Phryg. I, 498, pl. 16 (rev.)
4 4     L: BMC 5
5 5     Helsinki SNG Keckman II, 407
6 6     P: 803
7 7     Italo Vecchi, London Fixed Price List 21 (1978), 132
8 8     C McClean III, 8789, pl. 310.2
9 9     Boston: 62.393 C.C. Vermeule, Roman Imperial Art in Greece and Asia Minor (Cambridge [MA], 1968), pp. 163–4, fig. 98
10 10     N: Fiorelli 8611
11 11     G: II, 482, no. 1 SNG I, no. 1938
12 12     Lanz 106 (26/11/2001), 152, pl. 6
13 13     MMAG 41 (18/06/1970), 472, pl. 28
14 14     Private coll. M. Dunning = Fritz Rudolf Künker 94 (27/09/2004), 1235 = Heidelberger Münzhandlung Herbert Grün 64 (20/11/2014), 1162, obverse with ΚΟΛΟСΗΝΩΝ(sic) and traces of drapery, authenticity doubtful: cast?
15 15     P. Strauss, Collection Maurice Laffaille. Monnaies grecques en bronze (Basle, 1990), 127, no. 520 = MMAG 76 (19/09/1991), 520 = Triton 15 (03/01/2012), 1401
16 16     V-ON Leypold II, no. 1626
17 17     Lanz 150 (13/12/2010), 319 = Gorny & Mosch 212 (05/03/2013), 2459
18 18     CNG Electronic Auction 272 (25/01/2012), 238
19 19     Triton XV (03/01/2012), 1401