RPC VIII, 1374

 

Image of specimen #13

 

Coin type
Volume VIII
Number 1374
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Sardis
Reign Philip I
Issue First issue
Obverse inscription ΜΗΝ ΑϹΚΗΝΟϹ
Edition Μὴν Ἀσκηνός Μὴν Ἀσκηνός
Translation Mên Askaenos
Obverse design draped bust of Mên wearing Phrygian cap, right, crescent at shoulders
Reverse inscription ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ Β ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition Σαρδιανῶν βʹ νεωκόρων Σαρδιανῶν βʹ νεωκόρων
Translation of the Sardians, twice neocorate
Reverse design bunch of four ears of corn tied together with ribbon
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 4.33 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference Hochard 2194 corr. and 2199 corr.
Specimens 14 (8 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 4, 6–7, 9–13: same obv. die as 1373/1–17, 19–21.
Note On the obv., the letters ΝΟϹ (of ΑϹΚΗΝΟϹ) are written on the crescent.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1839,1224.204 BMC 96
2 2     P: 1158
3 3     P: AA.GR.822
4 4     P: 1159 Wa 5217
5 5     Cop SNG 512
6 6     Mu SNG 501
7 7     V: GR 19549
8 8     V: GR 19548
9 9     Yale: 2004.6.2967
10 10     CGT coll.
11 11     CGT coll. = Naumann 52, 2 Apr. 2017, lot 1288
12 12     Gorny & Mosch 126, 14 Oct. 2003, lot 1840
13 13     ✸ Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 38, 6 Dec. 2015, lot 511
14 14     Sardis excavations: Bell, Sardis 278