RPC IV.2, 8053 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 8053 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Phrygia
City Apamea
Reign Commodus
Magistrate Stratonikianos
Dating c. 180–182
Obverse inscription ΔΙοΝVϹοc ΚƐΛΑΙΝƐVϹ
Obverse design draped bust of Dionysus Kelaineos (bearded), r.
Reverse inscription ΠΑΡΑ ϹΤΡΑΤοΝΙΚΙΑΝοV ΑΠΑΜƐΩΝ
Reverse design cista mystica, upright, filleted thyrsus and transverse torch in biga drawn by lions, r.
Metal Æ
Average diameter 37 mm
Axis 6
Reference A. Löbbecke, ZfN 15 (1887), pp. 49–50
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: (Löbb) A. Löbbecke, ZfN 15 (1887), pp. 49–50, pl. III.13
2 2     Boston: 1972.991 C.C. Vermeule, Divinities and Mythological Scenes in Greek Imperial Art (Cambridge [MA], 1983), p. 32 and 38, no. 30, pl. 30 (enlarged) = MMAG 41 (18/06/1970), 453, pl. 26
3 3     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 108 (03/04/2001), 1500
4 4     Gorny 96 (07/06/1999), 357 = Triton 3 (30/11/1999), 775