RPC VIII, 1894

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume VIII
Number 1894
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Pisidia
City Termessus Major
Reign Uncertain
Issue Obverse with bust of Hermes
Obverse inscription ΤΕΡΜΗϹϹΕΩΝ
Edition Τερμησσέων Τερμησσέων
Translation of the Termessians
Obverse design draped bust of Hermes, right, with caduceus on shoulder
Reverse inscription ΤΩΝ Μ(Ε)ΙΖΟΝΩΝ
Edition τῶν Μειζόνων τῶν Μειζόνων
Translation Major
Reverse design Athena standing left, holding Nike and spear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 10.58 g
Axis 6, 12
Specimens 28 (11 in the core collections)
Die-links 3, 9: same pair of dies. 3, 9: same obv. die as 1888/2, 28–9, 32, 45, 1890/3–4, 1891/9, 1893/1, 1900/25, 1901/3, 5, 1903/1, 1904/1–4, 1905/5. 4, 20: same obv. die as 1888/3, 6, 1900/9, 28. 11, 16, 21, 23–4: same obv. die. 26: same obv. die as 1888/9, 18, 23, 33–4, 36–8, 40–1, 48–50, 52, 1900/1–2, 6–7, 11, 13, 16, 20, 23, 1903/2–4. 3, 9: same rev. die as 1895/1–6.
Note Some coins with retrograde Z.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1895,0606.118 BMC 30
2 2     L: 1870,1003.76 BMC 31
3 3     L: 1847,1120.57 BMC 32
4 4     P: 878 SNG 2174
5 5     P: 877 SNG 2178
6 6     Cop SNG 321
7 7     Cop SNG 322
8 8     NY: 1944.100.52239
9 9     ✸ NY: 1944.100.52240
10 10     V: GR 36439 (Prowe 1914)
11 11     V: GR 18967
12 12     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 547
13 13     Cologne: AM_0325
14 14     Tübingen SNG 4504
15 15     Yale: 2004.6.3285
16 16     CGT coll.
17 17     CGT coll.
18 18     CGT coll. = Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 18, 1 June 2014, lot 452
19 19     CNG 88, 14 Sept. 2011, lot 933
20 20     Künker 94, 27 Sept. 2004, lot 1321
21 21     Lanz 109, 27 May 2002, lot 210
22 22     Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 19, 6 July 2014, lot 426
23 23     Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 36, 4 Oct. 2015, lot 493
24 24     Roma Numismatics EA 26, 30 Apr. 2016, lot 352 = Roma Numismatics 7, 22 Mar. 2014, lot 735
25 25     Saint Paul Antiques 10, 2 Sept. 2017, lot 157
26 26     Savoca 13, 12 Mar. 2017, lot 386
27 27     Savoca 13, 12 Mar. 2017, lot 388
28 28     VAuctions 320, 16 Sept. 2016, lot 353