RPC IV.3, 4842 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 4842 (temporary)
Province Galatia
Region Lycaonia
City Iconium
Reign Uncertain
Issue Second century AD
Obverse inscription
Obverse design bust of Hercules/Heracles (bearded) wearing lion skin around neck, right; club over left shoulder
Reverse inscription COL ICONI
Reverse design nude Perseus standing, facing, head, right, wearing helmet, holding Medusa-head, harpa and chlamys
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 15 mm
Axis 6, 9
Reference vA Lykao. 300, BMC 5
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 5 vA Lykao. 300, pl. 8 = W.A. Waddington, RN 1883, 47, no. 12
2 2     ✸ CGT coll., ex Lanz
3 3     Nomos Obolos 15 (24/05/2020), 654
4 4     P: 625 Fox, pl. I, 12
5 5     Corinth: 30/VI/1928 17
6 6     asiaminorcoins.com, no. 10613 = H. C. von Mosch, 'Perseus und Andromeda (vormals) in Ikonion. Die Bilder der "Bilderstadt" und ein Besuch Gordians III. im Jahre 239/40', in Panegyrikoi Logoi. Festschrift J. Nollé (Bonn, 2019), pp. 514 ff, ill. 27