RPC VIII, 1698

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number 1698
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Lydia
City Tripolis
Reign Philip I
Issue 'Sardis' workshop
Obverse inscription ΙΕΡΑ ΒΟΥΛΗ
Edition Ἱερὰ Βουλή Ἱερὰ Βουλή
Translation Sacred Council
Obverse design laureate, veiled and draped bust of Boule, right
Reverse inscription ΤΡΙΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition Τριπολειτῶν Τριπολειτῶν
Translation of the Tripolitans
Reverse design Demeter seated left, holding ears of corn and long torch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 5.55 g
Axis 6
Reference Martin, Demos, p. 134, Tripolis 9
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4: same obv. die as 1471/2–10 (Blaundus), 1472/1–6 (Blaundus), 1696/1–9, 1699/1–4.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: HPB,p118.4.C BMC 370 = Kraft pl. 114, no. 8b
2 2     P: 1775
3 3     O: Milne
4 4     Lindgren I, 850