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
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 ΙΟΥΛ ϹΟΥΛ ΕΡΜΟΦΙΛΟΥ ΑΡΧ Α Τ Β ΕΡΜΟϹ ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ [Β] ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Ἰουλ(ίου) Σουλ(πικίου) Ἑρμοφίλου ἄρχ(οντος) αʹ τ(ὸ) βʹ Ἕρμος Σαρδιανῶν βʹ νεωκόρων
Translation under Julius Sulpicius Hermophilus, first archon for the second time, Hermos, of the twice-neocorate Sardians
Reverse design river god Hermos sitting left, holding reed and resting on water urn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 39 mm
Average weight 27.97 g
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 1352/1–5, RPC VIII 1369/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

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