RPC IV.2, 943 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 943 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Alabanda
Region Caria
City Trapezopolis
Reign Antoninus Pius
Magistrate Publius Aelius Adrastos
Dating 138–140
Obverse inscription ΒοΥΛΗ ΤΡΑΠΕΖΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ
Edition βούλη Τραπεζοπολιτῶν
Translation Council of the Trapezopolitans
Obverse design veiled and draped bust of the Boule, right
Reverse inscription ΔΙΑ ΠΟ ΑΙ ΑΔΡΑϹΤΟΥ
Edition διὰ Πο(πλίου) Αἰ(λίου) Ἀδράστου
Translation through Publius Aelius Adrastos
Reverse design Cybele standing, facing, wearing kalathos, resting hands on two lions seated beside her
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 4.91 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference MG 316, no. 91, Martin, Demos, Trapezopolis 4$
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     A: ex coll. Soutzos SNG 1485 = MG 316, no. 91, misreading name of 'magistrate' as 'ΠΟΛΙ' = J.N. Svoronos, JIAN 7 (1904), 382, no. 225
2 2     ✸ P: 1107 Wa 2654
3 3     Lanz 117 (24/11/2003), 355 = Lanz 131 (27/11/2006), coll. Karl, 335
4 4     V-ON Leypold II, no. 1457, under 'Apamea in Phrygia'
5 5     Numismad 19, 25–26 Oct. 2024, lot 770
6 6     Numismad 19, 25–26 Oct. 2024, lot 771