RPC VIII, 1515

 

Image of specimen #10

 

Coin type
Volume VIII
Number 1515
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Alabanda
Region Caria
City Antioch ad Maeandrum
Reign Uncertain
Issue Gordian III or Philip?
Obverse inscription
Obverse design helmeted bust of Athena, right, wearing aegis
Reverse inscription ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ
Edition Ἀντιοχέων Ἀντιοχέων
Translation of the Antiochians
Reverse design eagle standing facing on thunderbolt, wings spread, wreath in beak
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 2.84 g
Axis 6, 7
Specimens 14 (6 in the core collections)
Die-links 8: same obv. die as 1517/1.
Note Dated by Imhoof-Blumer 'aus des Zeit des Gordian oder des Philipp' (coin https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/362959). The eagle is depiected in frontal position or slightly facing towards the right. Different obverse dies are used for each variant.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 110A
2 2     B: 18273141, 1878/905
3 3     B: 18273143, I-B KM p. 110, no. 13
4 4     C: CM.LK.1168-R
5 5     Cop SNG 32
6 6     O
7 7     Bucephalus Numismatic Black 4, 2 Sept. 2022, lot 960
8 8     Nomos Obolos WA 21, 2 Jan. 2022, lot 681
9 9     Numismad 3, 23 July 2022, lot 337
10 10     ✸ Numismad 20, 27–28 Dec. 2024, lot 841
11 11     Papillon Numismatic 1, 20 Sept. 2020, lot 313
12 12     Rönesans Salzgitter 1, 3 June 2023, lot 565
13 13     Savoca 119th Blue, 27 Nov. 2021, lot 470
14 14     SNG vA 8055