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RPC
VII.1, 245
Image of specimen #1
Coin type
URI
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/7.1/245
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Volume
VII.1
Number
245
Province
Asia
Subprovince
Conventus of Sardis
Region
Lydia
City
Sardis
Reign
Gordian III
Magistrate
Iul Sul Hermophilos (first archon)
Obverse inscription
ΑϹΙΑϹ ΛΥΔΙΑϹ ƐΛΛΑΔΟϹ Α ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΙϹ ϹΑΡΔΙϹ
Obverse design
turreted, veiled and draped bust of the Tyche of Sardis, r.
Reverse inscription
ƐΠΙ ϹΟΥΛ ƐΡΜΟΦΙΛΟΥ Α ΑΡΧ ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ Β ΝƐΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Reverse design
Hades in galloping quadriga, r., carrying struggling Persephone into cave; above, Eros with two torches; beneath horses, basket and serpent
Metal
Æ
Average diameter
40 mm
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 1324/1–2, 4–5.
Specimens of this coin type
Number
Number
Obverse
Reverse
Museum
Bibliography
Diameter
Weight
Axis
Note
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1
1
✸
L: 1921,1016.2
BMC 89
42.4
35.28
6
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2
2
Harvard: 1984.811.29
Sternberg 11, 1981, lot 303
39.4
30.94
6
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3
3
P: 1313C
40
28.31
6
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4
4
P: 1313B
41
26.80
6
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5
5
B: Fox
39.9
26.65
7
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6
6
V: GR 19595
35.6
25.81
7
tooled
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