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
Obverse design laureate head of the Demos (youthful), right
Reverse inscription ΚοΛοϹϹΗΝΩΝ
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
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