RPC VII.1, 269.3D

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 269.3D
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Philadelphia
Region Lydia
City Philadelphia
Reign Uncertain
Alliance with Smyrna
Obverse inscription ΔΗΜΟϹ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕΩΝ ΝΕΩΚ
Obverse design diademed head of the Demos (youthful), right, with traces of drapery on shoulder
Reverse inscription Κ ϹΜΥΡ Γ ΝΕΩ ΟΜΟ
Reverse design Scylla, with two fish tails and two dog's foreparts coming from her waist, brandishing rudder in right and grasping in right the hair of a sailor of Odysseus fleeing to right; on left, another sailor fleeing to left, attacked by one of Scylla's dogs
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 6
Reference Martin, Demos, p. 108, Philadelphia —
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
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Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Nomos 15, 22 Oct. 2017, lot 165