RPC VII.1, 285.2

 

Image of specimen #11

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 285.2
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Aeolis
City Cyme
Reign Gordian III
Obverse inscription ΙΕΡΑ ϹΥΝΚΛΗΤΟϹ
Obverse design draped bust of the Senate, right
Reverse inscription ΚΥΜΑΙΩΝ ΕΡΜΟϹ
Reverse design river god Hermos reclining left, holding reed and resting on water urn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 6
Specimens 8 (6 in the core collections)
Die-links 8–9, 12: same pair of dies. 10–11, 13–14: same pair of dies. 8–9, 12, 15: same obv. die as 282.1/1–6, 282.2/7–8, 10, 283/1, 284/1–6, RPC X 1555/2. 10–11, 13–14: same obv. die as 283/2–4, 284/9–10, RPC VIII 1047/1–4, 9, 11–12 (Smyrna), RPC VIII 1048/3–4, 9, 13, 18–19, 21 (Smyrna), RPC VIII 1049/1–2 (Smyrna), RPC VIII 1056/1–5 (Temnus), RPC VIII 1063/1–3, 6 (Temnus), RPC VIII 1096/1–2, 4–6, 8–9, 11 (Hyrcanis). 8–14: same rev. die.
Note Senate's hair with fringe
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
8 8     B: Fox
9 9     O
10 10     C SNG Lewis 1416
11 11     ✸ Mu SNG 521
12 12     P: 257.98
13 13     Pecunem 38, 6 Dec. 2015, lot 446
14 14     Helios Numismatik 3, 29 Apr. 2009, lot 365
15 15     V: GR 28336