RPC VII.1, 245

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 245
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Sardis
Reign Gordian III
Magistrate Iulius Sulpicius Hermophilos (first archon)
Obverse inscription ΑϹΙΑϹ ΛΥΔΙΑϹ ΕΛΛΑΔΟϹ Α ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΙϹ ϹΑΡΔΙϹ
Edition Ἀσίας Λυδίας Ἑλλάδος α' μητρόπολις Σάρδις Ἀσίας Λυδίας Ἑλλάδος α' μητρόπολις Σάρδις
Translation of Asia, Lydia, and Greece, the first Metropolis, Sardis
Obverse design turreted, veiled and draped bust of the Tyche of Sardis, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΟΥΛ ΕΡΜΟΦΙΛΟΥ Α ΑΡΧ ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ Β ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Σουλπικίου Ἑρμοφίλου αʹ ἄρχοντος Σαρδιανῶν βʹ νεωκόρων ἐπὶ Σουλ(πικίου) Ἑρμοφίλου αʹ ἄρχ(οντος) Σαρδιανῶν βʹ νεωκόρων
Translation under Sulpicius Hermophilus, first archon, of the twice-neocorate Sardians
Reverse design Hades in galloping quadriga, right, carrying struggling Persephone into cave; above, Eros with two torches; beneath horses, basket and serpent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 40 mm
Average weight 28.97 g
Axis 6, 7
Specimens 6 (5 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–6: same pair of dies. 1–6: same obv. die as 244/1–4, 246/1–2, RPC VIII 1357/1–5, RPC VIII 1374/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1921,1016.2 BMC 89
2 2     Harvard: 1984.811.29 Sternberg 11, 1981, lot 303
3 3     P: 1313C
4 4     P: 1313B
5 5     B: Fox
6 6     V: GR 19595