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IV.2, 993 (temporary)
Image of specimen #1
Coin type
URI
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/993
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Volume
IV.2
Number
993 (temporary)
Province
Asia
Subprovince
Conventus of Pergamum
Region
Ionia
City
Chios
Reign
Uncertain
Magistrate
Quintus Valerius Primus (archon for the second time)
Issue
Lagos Roman Series IV = Mavrogordato Sub-Period XI g
Dating
c. 138–192
Obverse inscription
ΑϹϹΑΡΙΑ ΤΡΙΑ
Edition
τρία ἀσσάρια
Translation
three assaria
Obverse design
sphinx seated, left, raising forepaw over prow
Reverse inscription
Ε
ΠΙ ΑΡΧ ΠΡ
Ε
ΙΜΟΥ ΔΙϹ ΧΙΩΝ
Edition
ἐπὶ ἄρχ(οντος) Πρείμου δὶς Χίων
Translation
under archon Primus, for the second time, of the Chians
Reverse design
to left, Apollo standing, facing, head, right, holding patera, resting arm on hip; to right, Dionysus standing, facing, head, left, holding cantharus over lighted altar and long thyrsus; (between above, crescent with horns upwards)
Metal
copper-based alloy
Average diameter
32 mm
Average weight
16.63 g
Axis
6
Reference
Mavrogordato 122
Specimens
4 (3 in the core collections)
Specimens of this coin type
Number
Number
Obverse
Reverse
Museum
Bibliography
Diameter
Weight
Axis
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1
1
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C
McClean III, 8387, pl. 292.3 = Lagos 471, no. 10, pl. XLI, reverse with crescent
32
17.39
6
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2
2
Ex private coll. J. Mavrogordato, reverse with crescent
32
17.31
6
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3
3
O
Lagos 470, no. 8, pl. XLI, reverse without crescent
31
14.61
6
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4
4
L: 1919-12-15-317
Lagos 471, no. 9, pl. XLI, reverse with crescent
32
17.22
6
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