RPC VII.1, 253

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 253
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Phrygia
City Temenothyrae
Reign Gordian III
Magistrate Lollius Xenophilos (first archon for the second time)
Obverse inscription ΙΕΡΑ ΒΟΥΛΗ
Obverse design veiled and draped bust of the Boule, right
Reverse inscription ΞΕΝΟΦΙΛΟϹ ΑΡΧ Α ΤΟ Β ΤΗΜΕΝΟΘΥΡΕΥϹΙ
Reverse design Artemis standing right, drawing arrow from quiver at shoulder and holding bow; at her feet, stag
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 4, 5, 6, 12
Reference Martin, Demos, p. 239, Temenothyrai 12
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3–5: same pair of dies. 1, 3–5: same obv. die as 254/1–6.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2107 Wa 5318
2 2     Lederer I, p. 72, no. 79
3 3     ✸ L: 1839,1224.206 BMC 10
4 4     Winterthur GrMW II, 4233
5 5     V: GR 27991
6 6     Pecunem 34, 2 Aug. 2015, lot 762