RPC VIII, 1900

 

Image of specimen #20

 

Coin type
Volume VIII
Number 1900
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 patera and spear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 8.73 g
Axis 5, 6, 7, 11, 12
Specimens 29 (12 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2, 6–7, 11, 13, 16, 20, 23: same obv. die as 1888/9, 18, 23, 33–4, 36–8, 40–1, 48–50, 52, 1894/26, 1903/2–4. 9, 28: same obv. die as 1888/3, 6, 1894/4, 20. 25: same obv. die as 1888/2, 28–9, 32, 45, 1890/3–4, 1891/9, 1893/1, 1894/3, 9, 1901/3, 5, 1903/1, 1904/1–4, 1905/5.
Note Some coins with retrograde Z.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1891,0503.17 BMC 33
2 2     P: 879 SNG 2175
3 3     B: 18273837, 1906 Löbbecke
4 4     B: 18273853, 1873 Fox
5 5     Cop SNG 323
6 6     Cop SNG 324
7 7     Mu
8 8     NY: 1944.100.52242
9 9     NY: 1944.100.52243
10 10     O
11 11     O: Milne
12 12     V: GR 29314
13 13     Freiburg: 12069
14 14     CGT coll.
15 15     CGT coll.
16 16     CGT coll.
17 17     CGT coll.
18 18     CGT coll.
19 19     CGT coll.
20 20     ✸ CGT coll., ex Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 16, 4 May 2014, lot 719
21 21     CNG EA 220, 14 Oct. 2009, lot 325 = M&M GmbH 16, 19 May 2005, lot 851 (Righetti coll.)
22 22     H.I. coll.
23 23     Künker 94, 27 Sept. 2004, lot 1322 = Grün 64, 20 Nov. 2014, lot 1229
24 24     Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 18, 1 June 2014, lot 451
25 25     Private coll.
26 26     SNG vA 5351
27 27     SNG vA 5352
28 28     SNG vA 8638
29 29     TMC coll.