RPC VII.1, 246

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 246
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
Obverse design turreted, veiled and draped bust of the Tyche of Sardis, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΙΟΥΛ ϹΟΥΛ ΕΡΜΟΦΙΛΟΥ ΑΡΧ Α Τ Β ΕΡΜΟϹ ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ [Β] ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Reverse design river god Hermos sitting left, holding reed and resting on water urn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 39 mm
Axis 6
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 244/1–4, 245/1–6, RPC VIII 1328/1–2, 4–5, RPC VIII 1345/1.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Löbb.
2 2     ✸ P: 1314