RPC VII.1, 294A

 

Image of specimen #18

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 294A
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Aeolis
City Myrina
Reign Uncertain
Obverse inscription ΜΥΡΕΙΝΑ
Edition Μυρείνα
Translation Myrina
Obverse design turreted and draped bust of Amazon Myrina (Tyche), left, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΥΡΕΙΝΑΙΩΝ
Edition Μυρῇναίων
Translation of the Myrinians
Reverse design Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 2.96 g
Axis 6
Specimens 28 (13 in the core collections)
Note This type is often dated from the time of Valerian and Gallienus, following a suggestion made in BMC (BMC 41). The last coins of Myrina with imperial portraits date however from the reign of Gordian III, so a later date seems unlikely. Letter forms are quite similar to RPC VII.1, 294, so these coins have been inserted here.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
2 2     B: 18225841, 1900 Imhoof-Blumer
3 3     Cop SNG 239
4 4     G SNG 1409
5 5     O: Milne 1924
7 7     NY: 1944.100.44239
8 8     NY: 1970.142.397
9 9     Weber 5574
10 10     Weber 5575
11 11     Münzen und Medaillen Deutschland 35, 17 Nov. 2011, lot 150
12 12     CNG E261, 3 Aug. 2011, lot 201
13 13     M&M GmbH 13, 9 Oct. 2003, lot 378 = Righetti iii, 378
14 14     CGT coll. = Naville 17, 20 Sept. 2015, lot 269
15 15     CGT coll.
16 16     CGT coll.
17 17     Naumann 103, 6 June 2021, lot 385 = Naumann 101, 4 Apr. 2021, lot 398 = Pecunem Numismatik Naumann 41, 6 Mar. 2016, lot 480
18 18     ✸ Roma Numismatics EA 45, 5 May 2018, lot 245
19 19     Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 37, 1 Nov. 2015, lot 451
20 20     Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 37, 1 Nov. 2015, lot 451
21 21     CNG EA 261, 3 Aug. 2011, lot 201
22 22     P: Delepierre 5596
23 23     P: Luynes 2533
24 24     L: HPB,p100.5.G BMC 41 (Valerian-Gallienus)
25 25     C: CM.LK.2065-R
26 26     Mu SNG 590
27 27     JM Doyen coll.
28 28     B: 18225837, 1906 Löbbecke
29 29     B: 18225839, 1900 Imhoof-Blumer
30 30     TMC coll. = Savoca Coins, 201st Weekly Blue Auction, lot 351