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 ἡ μητρόπολις Σάρδις
Translation of Asia, Lydia, and Greece, the 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 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 1353/1–5, RPC VIII 1370/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number 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