RPC VII.1, 229


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
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Volume	VII.1
Number	229
Province	Asia
Subprovince	Conventus of Sardis
Region	Lydia
City	Saitta
Reign	Gordian III
Magistrate	Aurelius Aelius Attalianos (first archon for the second time and son of an asiarch of equestrian rank)
Obverse inscription	ΙΕΡΑ ϹΥΝΚΛΗΤΟϹ
Obverse design	draped bust of the Senate, right
Reverse inscription	Ε ΑΙΛ ΑΤΤΑΛΙΑΝΟΥ Υ ΙΠ ΑϹ[ ] ϹΑΙΤΤΗΝΩΝ
Reverse design	Dionysus reclining left in biga drawn by two Centaurs of which one holds an amphora and the other a tympanum
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	40 mm
Axis	6
Specimens	1 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links	1: same obv. die as 228/1–2, RPC VIII 1099/1–2 (Thyatira), RPC VIII 1365/1, RPC VIII 1537/1 (Laodicea ad Lycum).

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸			L: 1979,0101.2013	SNG vA 8243	40	31.37	6		Show