RPC IV, 992


Image of specimen #2

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/992 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	IV.2
Number	992 (temporary)
Province	Asia
Subprovince	Conventus of Pergamum
Region	Ionia
City	Chios
Reign	Uncertain
Issue	Lagos Roman Series IV = Mavrogordato Sub-Period XI g: Without personal name
Dating	c. 138–192
Obverse inscription	ΧΙΩΝ
Obverse design	sphinx seated, left, raising forepaw over amphora
Reverse inscription	ΑϹϹΑΡΙΟΝ ΗΜΥϹΥ
Reverse design	two crossed thyrsi; all in vine wreath with bunch of grapes
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	24 mm
Axis	6
Reference	Mavrogordato 121β
Specimens	4 (2 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	More
1	1		Ex private coll. B. Yakountchikov, St Petersburg	23	7.96		Show
2	2 ✸	P: 3165, ex P 5123	Lagos 472, no. 18, pl. XLII	24	7.57	6	Show
3	3	A		25	6.60	6	Show
4	4	L	Lagos 472, no. 17, pl. XLII		8.20		Show